Kids Are Funny

I have decided to tell a few of my favorite "cute kid" stories from work. For those of you who don't know, my office is right next to the children's ski school area.

Cuteness countdown:

4) I wish I could adequately described the hamming it up of little (five and under) kids in the lift line. From dancing to trying to escape getting scanned, I see lots of personalitites. The cutest kids can't even talk to you because they are so happy to be skiing their smiles occupy their whole being. My favorite was a little boy of about four who I had been scanning first (before mom). One time, I scanned his mom first, and he jumped up to me and yelled, "Don't forget about me!" before bursting into that hamming-it-up smile.

3) One of the (quite thin male) ski instructors had his class in the center for snack time. They were having cookies. One of the kids turned to him and solemnly said, "If you eat a hundred of these, you'll get fat." The instructor was at a loss for words.

2) One of the kids wet his pants and Libby (one of the program coordinators) went to get him something dry to wear. Well, this was one bold kid. As soon as she was out of sight, he came into the call center, stipped down naked, and waited calmly fidgeting in the (open) doorway for her return. Of course, she came back and was greeted by his nudity.

1) I went out to the drinking fountain to find it flooded/overflowing with two little girls standing on chairs and playing in the water. I went up and asked, "What happened here?" One of the girls looked up at me with the look of guilty pride and quietly said, "We did it." I filled my water bottle and left them to enjoy themselves.