I will be referring to this toddler as Frog

Frog is very sweet but man it's DIFFERENT 3 vs 6, which is the low end of the kids I usually see

i am a bit Tuckered but also when reading a Dr. Seuss book Frog snuggled up with me on the couch and i might be touch starved becaue I felt some things!!

awwww

(Frog is my brother's boyfriend's kid, they are visiting)

Frog has already started calling my mom grandma, and I'm shocked I didn't hear the screech of delight from four stats away

also when we first met and I'm showing them some of the kids books

FROG

okay the other thing is. frog's bio mom is ALSO a transman, so this kid has two dads and an uncle at this point

Frog, 10 seconds after meeting me:

"mom reads me a book?"

me, very brightly: I'M AUNTIE ISABELLE I WOULD LOVE TO

and Frog gives me this LOOK that was like, very clearly, 'that is FIVE SYLLABLES compared to ONE'

hjgjhg

yeah, that sounds like small kids alright XD

but we got them saying isabelle in a v cute toddler voice by the end of the night

even though they were very confused that i might be a new person when I took my hair down

also them pronounces goat cheese like GO CHEESE is so cute

also goat cheese found the little like, mesh sling for Stuff under the stroller and immediately decided it was Cat Hammock

freaking adorable

oh man how cute

i'm going to need frog stories regularly please and thank you

frog not only sometimes speaks about themselves in the 3rd person

but instead of using their name, calls themselves 'baby

Boyfriend going down to get the doordash

Frog: "baby come too?"

awwwww

cute little frog!

aaaaah, I love Frog already

an excellent toddler name! And excellent toddler stories!

ahhhh toddlers are a riot, how cute!

awww Frog

excellent frog news

everything about this is adorable

Frog was a little scared of the dark so I pulled out my galaxy lamp and they are ENTRANCED

awwwww, yay

also one of my students today, omg

he's one of my faves, he's back after a few months away

3rd grader now, very ADHD, very intense prior hyperfixation on the joker

today told me with all the dignity in the WORLD

"I am done with DC. Now I am becoming a goth."

i love him

rock on little man

omg. I support the tiniest goth.

he's in a catholic school so he's gotta wear a little suit now

he had a cravat for "Trunk or Treat" aka school parking lot trick or treating around people's cars

also he's working on a comedy routine and he fucking GOT ME

with

"What did Sherlock Holmes say to the soccer player?"

[most cheerfulest voice] THE GAME'S AFOOT

ha

I cackled for like a minute

also me trying to explain the dangers of cosmic rays to another kid with a lot of processing troubles

"well, see, some light is poison"

(he has made a ton of progress this year but he has HUGE cultural gaps and he was asking questions about mars)

amazing XD

oh same hat, I was talking ionizing vs non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation with my freshmen today!

(that Sherlock Holmes joke is so good)

BABIES! /squee