"Yeeeeeah, seee?"

We had baby carrots for snack today, and I was tucked in at a table, working with a first grader on writing his numbers. I looked across the table, and another kiddo was totally focused on his work, mumbling to himself with a carrot hanging out of his mouth like a mobster with a cigar. In my head, I added his dialogue as the carrot flipped from side to side. "Yeah, see, that's a mistake you don't wanna make, see?"

Second story: a bright BRIGHT student was so excited because her mom would be helping in the library this afternoon. (She'd thought Mom was coming last week, but Mom had to cancel at the last minute)

Her: "Mr. Graham! My mom is ACTUALLY going to be in the library today, probably!"

Me: "Actually?"

Her: "Actually probably!"

Me: "So your mom is probably going to actually be in the library today?"

Her: "Um, yeah! What you said!"