and in case you did not know, work isn’t really that boring (as long as i and the kids say hilarious stuff).

“kettle corn is better than popcorn. really. popcorn is the worst snack ever, i can’t believe your mom bought that junk. kettle corn is soooo much better in infinity different ways.” — our in-house expert on kettle corn, it seems. (it also seems that kettle corn is not actually a flavor of popcorn, as i had previously believed.)

“yeah, i’m going to have to ask you to not continue doing chin-ups on the refridgerator. thanks.” — lanni

so one day i wore some masking tape over a stain on my shirt (which was totally not my fault, btw). the kids were fascinated by it. so the next day…
kid: lanni, why are you washing your hands?
lan: i like to be clean.
kid: no you don’t, you like to cover things in tape.

“scooters are NOT weapons to be used in an establishment built on… niceness… and stuff.” — who else (that means me)

a tech-savvy kid tells me all about “heelies”, a fancy kind of shoe with a wheel in the heel (lol).
lan: oohhhh, so it’s like a roller skate?
kid: what’s a roller skate?

these are the moments that make me feel old. kids don’t use roller skates anymore? this saddens me.

and lastly, this [not] highly anticipated gem:
“OH MY GOD!!! IS THAT A WIG?!” — not one, not two, but three kids all shouted this to me at the same time when i took my hat off the second day. classic.