I'm Pretty Sure I'm Going to Miss This...

When it comes to teaching, I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss...

• Walking into the classroom every day and hearing 20 adorable little children say, "Good morning Teacher Kandy!" (they struggle with my name...kandy, kamblee, hangly, hamry)
• Watching Wingel sing the Moose Song.
• Leo bug and little Sammy. We are all pretty sure they will be husband and wife someday.
• Vivian. At first she was hard to read, but now she and I are best buds. Yesterday she quietly walked up next to me, put her nose into my hair and took and big deep breath. Then she walked away saying, "Yummm," with a big ol' smile on her face. I seriously died of laughter. 
• Matthew and his studly ways..."Good morning Teacher beautiful, Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL Kambrie." He just melts my heart.
• Jessica and how she always reminds me of an Asian grandma. 
• David. He always pinches my belly when we sing the baby shark song. (hahahah.)
• The way Mikey is just leaps and bounds cooler than I could ever dream of being. He totally rocks his eye patch and he's got some mean dance moves.
• Kaycee's hugs and loves.
• How John can be the biggest pain, but I love him anyway.
• When Oscar tries so hard to be quiet, so I will call on him first, by screaming, "I'M BEING QUIET!"
• The moment you realize a certain child is actually learning something from you. 
• The moment when you realize you are learning more from a child than they will ever learn from you.
• The way Aubrie always secretly tries to get my attention throughout the day.
• Eric and his smile and his raspy little voice. Not to mention how incredibly precious he is when he cries. Not that I rejoice in his sadness, but he is just so cute!
• Gordon's little tiny smile that is actually the biggest smile in the world.
• How Norah is just the most adorable little Chinese girl ever. And how I named her after my future daughter.
• The sense of accomplishment you feel when you actually complete a whole lesson!
• The way Boyee already knows the answer to every question. 
• How Alice always says the rules so perfectly.
• Emmett and Bruce and their inability to concentrate on anything but yet you love them still.
• Jackson running up to me saying, "Teacha, I want 100 tokens. Please, please, please..".
• How Tony is secretly the best child in the world.
• Henry(not Harry), trying to translate our lessons for the rest of the kids. 
• Michelle and her sassy ways.
• Quinn. I love Quinn.
• The day that we played a relay game where you have to stick a spoon inbetween your teeth and balance a pom pom on top of it. Jerry couldn't figure out how to hold the spoon in his mouth....probably due to the fact that he only has one tooth..
• The way Habibi is a spitting image of the mean boy on the new Karate Kid, but a lot less mean.
• Athena, so quiet and perfect.
• How little Tony, Brinlie, and Lorin. Three adorable children who make teaching much harder than it should be, but make it worth every second!
• Coco. Her name says it all.
• The way Abby always says exactly what you need her to, and it just makes your day!
• Jackie and his chubby little cheeks.
• Owen. He tries to be a rebel, but we all know he is nothing but goodness.
• The two days that Ivy was an angel.
• How we had to change Kelly's name to Rabbit. Parents orders.
• When Tate pretends he is FURIOUS and tightens his lips and shakes his little head.
• Dori. Adorable outside of class, your cutest nightmare in class.
• The way Riley almost looks constipated when he is concentrating. Hilarious.
• Neville's big brown eyes that could melt the whole continent of Antarctica. 
• Angel. She really is an Angel. 
• Justin...well you just have to know him to understand him. But we all love him dearly!
• Brendan. He isn't even one of my students but the little guy captured my heart. He is precious.

I didn't start this post with the intentions of writing about every single student I teach, but I couldn't leave any out. I love each of them, all for different reasons. Every time I see any of  them my heart is filled with a happiness that nothing else could give me, and I remember why I am here.

I am here for them. 

-Kambrie