Am I a Bird, Kid???

I had to share this funny conversation between me and one of my students (6th Grader) today. It gave me a good internal laugh...

Student: Mrs. McSpadden, why were you gone so long?

Me: Last week? My baby was sick.

Student: No, before that. You were gone like a month.

Me: Well, actually it was 4 months. Remember, I had a baby.

Student: It took you 4 months to have a baby?!

Insert my thoughts here: I'm not a bird, kid. I didn't just sit on an egg for 4 months.

Me: No, just 27 hours. (As confusion strikes his face.)

Student: Oh. Why didn't you come right back? (I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't be appropriate to explain the "after process" of having a baby and nursing, etc... to a 6th Grader, so...)

Me: Well, I had to take care of her and make sure she was doing okay.

Student: You got her ready for the baby sitter?

Me: Yep. I spent 4 months getting ready to send her to a sitter.

Student: Oh, okay. Glad she's not sick anymore.

Me: Thanks. :)

And thus ends my hilarious conversation with a 6th Grade boy. Even though I am really excited about staying home with Claire in a couple of months, these are the conversations and times I will miss about being a teacher. Excitedly, I look forward to having these moments with Claire!