Last night I taught my little kindergarteners about Jesus cleansing the temple. I started off with them singing the "Hallelu, Praise Ye the Lord Song"--they had a blast with that. Anything that involves fast singing and standing is always a hit. To lead into the story I had the kids clean the tables. I had cut up some old shirts for them to use as rags. Then we went over what items were correct for cleaning the tables. I held up sponges, a bag of dirt, glue, water, and markers. After cleaning the tables I told them the story of Jesus in the temple and then we discussed how God lives in our hearts.
Then came the fun part of the night:
While the kids were working on their craft activity, one of the little boys, Sam, cut his finger with the scissors. It wasn't a bad cut, but he was bleeding a little bit. I located the first aid and got down on my knees to put a band-aid on his finger. While putting the band-aid on he was crying a bit so I tried to calm him down. Through his sobs I heard him say "My tummy feels bad." Right after I figured out what he said it happened. He threw up. And because I was on my knees, right next to him it went all over my sleeve and on my pants. Luckily, I kept it together. I was thinking more about getting him cleaned up and near the toilet in case it happened again. While I cleaned him up one of the other teachers went to find his dad and the other started cleaning up the mess. I wasn't able to get it off of me--there was quite a bit.
As I left the classroom when church was over I saw Travis coming down the hall. I immediately told him not to hug me because of the throw up. As we walked down the hall he said he could smell it. So I rushed home to shower and throw the clothes in the wash before he came over for our study. As I drove home I had the car window rolled down and I was literally holding my nose because of the contained smell.
I figure if I can handle having someone else's kid throw-up on me then it will be no sweat when my own kids do it.
*I hope none of you were eating while reading this. :)
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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3 comments:
hahaha! welcome to my life! i have been thrown up on, bled on, and several other bodily secretions secreted on me, which you probably have no desire to hear about. glad you survived with no untoward incidences!
Wow!!! That's disgusting! Good for you because if a kid that old had thrown up on me, I might have thrown up too. I'm impressed.
i remember when your leg got all caught up on some rusty spring and it was all bloody and gross and...oh wait...i bet you remember that too.
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