Sunday, June 8, 2008

Where cooties come from

Friday was sleepover day at the daycare. The kids all brought their PJs, their teddy bears and their sleeping bags and we played games and read stories. As two of the kids were laying out their bags at the beginning of the day, I heard the following conversation between two 6 year olds:


little girl: you can share my sleeping bag with me.
little boy: I don't want to share your sleeping bag.
lg: why not?
lb: because you have cooties.
lg: I do not!
lb: yes you do.
lg: where do cooties come from?
lb: I don't know, but they have something to do with your breasts.
lg: oh.

I kid you not, that's exactly what he said.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

do you find yourself acting more and more like a preschooler the more you are around them? My girlfriend works in a daycare and I find the more time she spends with the kids the more she acts like them...

Anonymous said...

Is that so? I can't say I've experienced that. Your girlfriend must be a pretty fantastic person if she works in a daycare...