P-O-T

This year we decided to try something different with our homeschooling. I signed the kids up for a program called K-12 which is all Internet based. Even though we officially "homeschool", we are assigned a teacher who calls and has interviews with the child and the parent. We were having one of our monthly interviews and Emma was talking to her "teacher" about how excited she was to learn how to read and write. Her teacher asked her what her favorite word was and Emma proudly announced, with a big smile, "P-O-T". Why? Why? Why? I mean, do you know where we live?

For those of you who are familiar with the small, quaint town we live in (with a College Campus and the most, we'll say, open-minded part of the state), you are probably familiar with the word "Pot" for a whole different reason than little Emma. This was exactly my concern. I mean we are not the tie-dye wearing, funny smelling, hemp worshipping people that frequent the streets of our very interesting small town. But does her teacher know that? For Heaven Sake's, we only have an interview over the phone once a month! And why does Emma pick that word as her favorite, you might ask (Or her teacher might ask)? I quickly reply loud enough for her teacher to hear over the phone, "Oh, like flower pots and tea pots, the things that you love!".

I have been a parent long enough to know that sometimes kids just say something that can totally be taken out of context. It's those moments that make you laugh or cry! This was one of those moments that I laughed until I cried. It reminded me of the time that Laura's Kindergarten teacher showed us a picture that Laura drew of her family and all the anatomically correct people in it. Again, Why? Why? Why? At least Emma just loves the word, "P-O-T".