"It's a BOOK... with FACES!!"

Today I spent the day with 19 funny/giggly/adorable/incredibly smart 6-7 year olds.

In my eleven years working with kids, I have never had a dull moment and today was no different.

While enjoying a picnic on this beautiful day, the kids and I engaged in conversation about random things. Each eager to share their “this one time” story or their discontent for the lunch mommy packed, when I hear one of them mention Facebook. Completely instigating what is promised to be a VERY interesting conversation… “Wait guys, What’s Facebook?”

“WHAT?!” “You don’t know what FACEBOOK is?!” “How OLD are you?!”

The outrage and clamor was so strong that I almost broke my facade out in laughter.

ME: “What do you mean? I don’t get it… What is it?”

Fighting over loud expressions of hopelessness towards me and hand raised “Oh-Oh”’s, my smallest boy breaks through and confidently says "It's a BOOK... with FACES!!" 

{Teeth being sucked} “No, it’s not!” "Nuh-uh"  “That’s not what it is”

{Soft voice breaking through the chatter} “It’s in your computer!”

“Yeah!” “Yeah” {they've reached a consensus}

ME: Okay, so it’s a BOOK… with faces… that’s in my computer?

{Very opinionated boy} ::Sighs::  Okay Lexia, {as he puts his hand on my knee and speaks to me patiently} It’s LIKE a book, and it’s in your computer…

{Other excited boy, in between biting his sandwich, loudly interrupting} “You have to have videos!”

{Girl from a distance} “AND PICTURES!!”

{Very opinionated boy again} “Yeah, it’s like if you wanted to know how Squidward was doing or what he is up to…even Justin Beiber, because you’re a girl… you go there.”

{They all pretty much nod and exclaim in agreement}

{the know-it-all girl} “But you have to be a grown-up”

{Her friend..} Yeah, you have to be 18 and up

ME: Wait, Wait.. If you have to be a grown up to have Facebook, How do you all know about it?!

“DUH, LEXI! EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT FACEBOOK!”

This made my day, they made my day.

Lex { ♥ }