Tyson's Admirer

So as many of you know, I teach first grade. First graders are by far the funniest kids ever. Tyson has yet to come meet my students but I have talked about him a lot. I also have pictures of us on my desk and on my fileing cabinet. So occasionally the students ask when "Mr. Tidwell" is coming, especially one student. Let's call her "Mary." Mary must ask me about 2 to 3 times a week when Mr. Tidwell is coming to visit 'her.' Not the class but her. Everytime she comes to see me at my desk she looks at our picture and says with enthusiasm "Mr. Tidwell is sooooooo cute!" And just the other day when I was teaching a measurement lesson while being observed by my principal, she raises her hand because she has a question. Figureing she was going to ask about the lesson (because that would only be logical) I called on her. To my suprise (and my principals) she asks once again, "Mrs. Tidwell when is Mr. Tidwell coming!? He is so cute I can't wait!" I quickly changed the subject while my principal sat in the back laughing. But this is one of my favorite stories about Mary..... So on St. Patrick's Day we had many fun activities going on throughout the day. One of them being Lucky Charm math. We did a fun math activity using Lucky Charm cereal and after we did the math I let the students eat their cup of cereal. At the end of the day, Mary really, really wanted to take home the remainder of the Lucky Charms. I told her no because it wouldn't be fair to the other students. Mary is, ofcourse, very persistent and asked me severeal more times since my first answer wasn't good enough. So finally I lied and said it was Mr. Tidwell's favorite cereal and that he would be sad if I didn't bring any home for him. Mary looked up at me with a big smile and said "No way! That's my favorite cereal too! Wow we must be like family or somethin'." And then she walked away very satisfied. So little does Tyson know just how loved he really is.... :)