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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Dec 31 2008 : 8:24:48 PM
My GF emailed me this story and I thought that some of us Mom's out there could appreciate the two years view of the birds and bees and the wonderful things that happen.:) I laughed the whole way through, but then I have a weird sense of humor I suppose..LOL
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A baby is born......told by a 2nd grader
Body: I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back. When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell, so I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica - a very bright, very outgoing kid - takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant.
"This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday. First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.
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She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
"Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, ‘Oh, oh, oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.
"She walked around the house for, like an hour, ‘Oh, oh, oh!' Now the kid's doing this hysterical duck walk, holding her back and groaning.
"My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this." Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.
"And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!" This kid has her legs spread and her little hands are miming water flowing away.
It was too much!
"Then the middle wife starts saying ‘push, push, and breathe, breathe.' They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff, they all said was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of stuff inside there.
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Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.
I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, if it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another Erica comes along.
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
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| milkmaid |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 1:14:32 PM
How sweet and what a awesome thing for her to see!! I am sure she will be a great big sister.
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 1:08:45 PM
What a wonderful story, you have cheered me up immeasurably...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
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| dutchy |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 08:38:51 AM
ROFLOL!! That was SO funny, thanks!!!! :D
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 08:28:46 AM
Oh how sweet is that? I wish I could have seen that in person. A friend of mine had all her kids at home and I bet each child there could tell a story like that one.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
| bboopster |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 08:26:31 AM
Out of the mouth of children always comes the best stories. 
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Nana to 1 with 3 on the way.
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Dec 31 2008 : 10:22:01 PM
ROFLOL! OMG, Jessie, that is too funny! I loved it.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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