Random Silliness

So I've been jotting down a few funny things that I've experienced over the last week and I had to blog about it. 

1. Last week, Mike and I did some Christmas shopping at our local mall. We are lucky because malls in Japan are quite similar to ones in the states, except that Mike stands out like a sore thumb! He literally towers over everyone. In one particular store, I was browsing some Japanesey gifts and heard Mike say, "Bridget, this kid is following me!" I turned to look and discovered a petite little peanut, no taller than Mike's knee cap, standing right in front of him and looking straight at him. Mike tried to maneuver around the little girl and she quietly tapped her feet behind him. When he stopped to look at something, she again positioned herself in front of him and stared right at his face. No smiles, no nothin! I was standing on the side laughing at this scene while Mike tried awkwardly to move around the store while this tiny child followed him around. She was honestly bewildered with Mike ; ) 

2. Two days ago, Mike and I bought a dog bed for Huey at Joyful Honda. After being rung up, the sales lady took Huey's bed and wrapped it in saran wrap. I couldn't help but laugh. It's really not that silly here, but I just imagined buying  a dog bed at PetsMart and having them wrap it in saran wrap...too funny!

3. This morning I was walking Huey when out popped a dog from his yard. He wasn't on a leash and it didn't look like his owners were aware that he was outside. After participating in the butt-sniff greeting, (what? don't the owners have to do it too?) I tugged at Huey to continue our walk. The dog started to follow us. I tried to shoo him back to his house. Told him to sit. Instructed him to stay. But the dog wouldn't listen. I started to run with Huey thinking it would disinterest him but the dog wouldn't stop. Realizing I had to get to work, I took my cup of hot tea with milk and dumped it the grass. Apparently this did the trick as the dog became suddenly distracted with licking my tea puddle off the ground. Then Huey and I made a run for it and the dog never even turned his head.

3. This afternoon, one of my students came up to me during centers with a drawing on his mini-whiteboard. 

"Miss Queen, guess what this is?" 

"I don't know..." 

"You have to guess!" 

"Okay, a barbell?" 

"What? NO!" 

"Eyes?" 

"Nope."

"Hmmm...glasses?" 

"Miss queen, you really don't know?" 

"No. What is it?" 

"It's a bra!" This is when I cracked a smile and didn't quite know what to say. 

"Oh, I see it now. The two circles with the line in the middle." 

"Yep. When I get home, I'm going to put my mom's bra on my head." And he walked away. 

Just thought these little stories would give you a laugh.