pros and cons

Being back to work isn't all bad (see what I'm doing there....trying to talk myself into it.) I wanted to share some of my favorite (and not so favorite) work related moments.

Pros:::
1. "Mrs. A, you're back! I missed you every day you were gone." - 1st grade student
2. "It's so great to see your smiling face back in the building" - coworker
3. "You are so beautiful" - Kindergartner and new favorite student
4. (being yelled through the hallway) "Did you see Mrs. A?!? She's back! She's back!!" - 3rd grade student

With everything good, must come the bad . . .

Cons:::
1. "Mrs. A, is that you in this picture? (referring to my school photo badge) You look waaaaaaay younger in this picture than you do now" - - this photo was taken only last year... - 2nd grade student (my new least favorite student)
2. Being judged for being a working mother - "I just don't know how you working mothers do it. I didn't go back to work until all my babies were in school.  I just didn't have the heart to leave them with someone else all day long!" - . . . . seriously?!?
3. Having a student wet their pants during class, not tell me about it, proceed to play until I see the puddle . . . then noticed all the tracks from the kids running through it . . . gross.

Oh the joys of working outside the home. At least I get to come home to this:

Happy Monday Everyone!