V is the roman numeral 5

we just got called to teach the 5-year-old kids in my ward. they are SO cute! a handful, FOR SURE. but the greatest. we bribe them with candy to listen and it works for the most part :) when we first got the class it was just chloe, grace, mary, sariah, bella and sam. daniella, katelyn, talon, tiffany, and billy had a different teacher who ended up moving, so they gave them to us, so now we have ELEVEN! its rough, but AWESOME. i love them all!



this is billy. his real name is really long. and i can't spell it or say it (he is polynesian) so we call him billy. he has only come a few times. and is the strong silent type. doesn't he look tough? i think so...


















raising her hand is bella. she is linus. her blankie comes with her every week:) her family speaks spanish, so i think they go back and forth between the two wards. next to her is daniella. her family speaks spanish as well so we hardly ever saw her the first little while, but her mom got called to the primary presidency so now we see her all the time! :)


















this is talon. he is a very sweet and tender little guy. he is super obedient, but love to be silly just like any other little boy. you get him and sam together and it is chaos! he struggles to listen, but when you go to a different church every other weekend i guess its easy to understand :)















this is tiffany she is a little fire cracker :) she loves candy and coloring. she comes maybe twice a month if that, so we don't see her much but we sure love it when she's there :)














this is katelyn. she is SUPER sweet and SUPER quiet. she is a really good kid. never gives us any trouble, she is shy, so she doesn't always want to answer questions, or participate, but she is never a problem. when katelyn's other teacher moved, katelyn didn't remember or didn't know, she came to church, sat in the usual spot and never found her class. she sat there crying. i noticed her crying, but was trying to take care of all my kids, so i told the primary president "that little girl" was crying. i didn't know who she was, so heather took her out and talked to her and then brought her to me. she told me she was mine. i felt so bad for her! she is just sweet.


















this is sariah. she is brilliant. she knows all the words to all the songs. she is allergic to everything so we make sure our candies comply to her issues. :) one time we sang a song in sharing time and she wanted to sing the second verse, but they were moving on. so when they started singing another song, she sang the second verse to me very quietly. she gets pretty upset if something is out of order according to her. but if you give her some one-on-one time she is fine. pretty cute.

this is mary (on the left) and grace (on the right). mary is very quiet and likes to be good. she tries really hard to answer the questions (because who doesn't want candy?) but mostly she goes off on tangents. she is the first to remind all the girls that we can take bathroom breaks and if she raises her hand, i'm sure to go on a field trip to the bathroom with seven girls:)

grace is SUPER animated. she talks nonstop. i love that she has so much to say, i just wish she understood whispering. i feel bad because when they asked us to teach, they told us that she has gone home from church only to say she doesn't want to go back because "they always just tell me to be quiet" so i try to say things like "use your church voice" or even "whisper" just so the other teachers can sort of talk over her. :)


this is chloe. she is the oldest and the most serious of my kids. she and sam know the answers to ALL of the questions. (even if i think sam isn't listening) chloe likes to be reverent and set the example for the rest of the kids. she still laughs at sam though!















this is sam. he is our class clown. he says "eyeball" to everything. i ask, "who is this a picture of?" "eyeball Jesus" "that's right sam, Jesus. what is Jesus doing here?" "teaching the eyeballs" "close. how about teaching the children?" the other kids think its HILARIOUS. well. they ARE five. :)