Die Kinder

Funny quotes/questions from kids
When discussing the dinosaurs and the origins of humans:
K: When did people make the earth?
Me: People didn't make the earth, the earth made people.
K: But where did we come from?
Me: That's a hard question to answer.
K: Maybe I'll ask God.
Me: Yeah, he might know.
K: I know! When I fly to Dubai this week and I'm above the clouds I can ask him then.
Me: Good idea.

E: We need to send them back to the girl store!

One of my German kids brought in a map of the train system in Munich. He said it was his toy. We ask him questions about how to get from one place to another in the city. Like from Starnberg (where we work) to the Tierpark (zoo). "Take the S6 to Marienplatz and take the 52 bus to Tierpark. Or...(an alternate route). Then a few days later, he brought in a poster-size map, the kind you see on the trains. He said he asked for it at the train station.

When we were learning about shapes, we made snowmen out of 2D shapes. Circles, triangles, etc. My kid from South Africa made his snowman with a big clock necklace. We asked him why and he said it's like Flava Flav. We told him we thought something was missing and he said "Oh yeah!" went back to his table and drew silver grills on his snowman. And for his "What I did on the holiday" journal entry. He drew a picture of Optimus Prime, since he had watched Transformers on the way to South Africa on the plane. I took one look at the picture and said "oh, that's a good pic..." Then I saw it. He had drawn a little penis on Optimus Prime. I trailed off, in between a suppressed laugh and pure shock. I said, "You need to show that to Miss Jackson." She, in all her experience and professional wisdom, looked at it with a straight face and said "I don't like that picture." He went back to his table and de-sexed Optimus Prime.