another day as a midget wrangler...

(okay, i know this photo is a little blurry, but it's hilarious...)

last Thursday, i took my 23 surrogates

out to recess a few minutes early

because they were being SO obnoxious

and i could not shut them up.

(oh, side note: i was also on recess duty that day.)

well, after recess, my little abby

(remember abby here)

says to me:

"Miss Cracroft, I made this drawing for you

while we were at recess.

it's YOU!"

i look at the drawing and this conversation follows:

me: "oh abby, i LOVE it. look at the slides! oh and the swings!

oh, and look at my face. what a lovely beard i have!"

abby (with a sudden drop of enthusiasm): "that's not a beard."

me: "oh. of course it's not... umm, what is it?"

abby: "it's your smile!"

my smile really isn't that big, people.

but i think, for just that one moment that day,

it really was...

love my job!!