Kid Quotes

I had a meeting this morning with Jaden's resource teacher. She always has funny stories to tell me about Jaden in class and today was no different. One of the stories she told me though was so funny and also embarrassing that I thought, "of course that needs to go on the blog, right?" I will start by saying that when we got to school, one of the teachers from his enrichment classes walked up and very enthusiastically greeted Jaden. He very sweetly said, "Hi Mrs. Culbertson! How are you doing today?" They had a great dialogue and she made it clear to me that she adored him. I walked away feeling very good that she liked him so much and that he was doing so well in her class. THEN... Becky said at the end of the meeting,

OK, I have a funny Jaden story, but you have to promise that you won't be embarrassed or upset with him because it was pure innocence and honesty. We all love him and have been quoting him all week." What kind of thing is that to say to a parent? Nothing strikes fear into my heart like hearing, "You will not believe this thing Jaden said!" (Which, I hear constantly!) So, I said, "Um, ok Becky, but you are making me nervous." She laughed. By this time, Mrs. Culbertson was out of the room thankfully. Her story went like this: "Jaden was standing at the front of the line in Mrs. Culbertson's classroom. He kept bumping into her and he finally said, "Hey, Mrs. Culbertson, you keep bumping me!" She replied, "You keep bumping me Jaden, I am standing still." He said, "Oh, well, it's ok, you are just a little fat." ---------------- WHAT??? I could not believe he would say that, nor could I believe he said it to the same lady that came up to him and complimented him so generously. Becky said, "Mrs. Culbertson was actually happy that he said she was just a "little bit" fat. We have been quoting him all week when something goes wrong, we just say, "it's ok, I'm just a little bit fat." What in the World?? What am I going to do with this child?

While I'm at it... there was another day when we saw Mr. Owens as we were walking out of school. Mr. Owens is the ag teacher and Jaden adores him. He always tries to get his attention if he can. He sees him, but Mr. Owens doesn't have on his signature cowboy hat. So, what else would Jaden yell out across the campus but, "Hey Mr. Owens!!! You look really cool with your hat...... on."

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