Kids Games Vs. Adult Games

While discussing expected and unexpected behaviors to do during lunch, one of my preteen clients was telling me that she "plays" during lunch.

Client:  Some expected things to do during lunch is play!
Me:  Aren't you a little old to be playing?  That's something you do in elementary school, you're in 7th grade now.  Don't you just sit and talk with you friends?
Client: Well, I mean play adult games.
Me:  What adult games do you play with your friends?  (I was afraid of what I was about to hear.)
Client:  You know, like Yu-Gi-Oh!

Her idea and my idea of adult games is VERY different, lol.  

Ross Has a Smell?

During a session, one of my clients stops to admire my Michael Kors purse that was sitting on a table nearby.

Client:  Oh I like your purse!
Me: Thank you!
Client:  Where did you buy it? Target?
Me: Actually I got it at Ross!

She leans over to smell my purse.

Client: Oh yeah, it smells like Ross.
Me:  Ross has a smell??
Client: Yeah, Ross smells like blueberries and doctors.

Haha, I didn't know that Ross had a smell.  And what do doctors smell like?? 

Dressing Up For Halloween

Me: So, what are you going to be for Halloween?
Student:  Oh nothing, I am not going to dress up for Halloween.
Me:  You're not going to dress up?  How come?
Student:  Oh, I don't want to get ugly.

What does he think of the rest of us on Halloween??  lol

Word Finding...again

At the end of one of my sessions, I was just talking out loud...

Me: Oh I have a dull headache right now...
Client:  Yeah, me too.  I have a "grain."

She rubs the back of her neck.

Me (chuckling): Do you mean migraine?
Client:  Yeah, that's what I mean.

She obviously has heard the word before and bless her heart for trying to use it correctly in context.  At least now she knows the right term.

Laughing is the Best Medicine, or is it?

I was working in a small group one day when one of the girls was particularly giggly.  

Me: You're burning a lot of calories right now laughing!
Girl: How?
Me:  When you laugh, you're using your abdominal muscles.  
Girl: What, are you calling me fat?!

Sigh...oh teenage girls, lol. 

TMI

This particular student has shared with me that he and his gf have been on and off and that this upcoming weekend they were going to go away to Marina Del Rey with his parents.  I guess they were back "on."

Me: How was Marina Del Rey with your girlfriend?
Student:  It was good.  We slept together.
Me: ??????

I know he meant they slept together in the same bed, but that is STILL something I DON'T NEED TO KNOW!

Me:  Ok, that is something you don't tell your teacher!

I felt like I needed to clean out my ears after that! :-/ lol

Movie Review

While discussing what we did over summer vacation...

Student 1:  I watched Epic over summer vacation.
Me:  Oh, is that a movie?
Student 1: Yeah.
Student 2: Oh I watched Epic too!
Me: What did you think of it?
Student 2:  It was pretty epic.

If you had any doubt whether or not to watch Epic, I hope that cleared it up :-)