How old are you?

Last year when Rylee was in Pre-k I would frequently volunteer to help in his class. This was something that not only excited him, but also excited me. I loved being able to take an active role in my son's learning/growing experiences. Rylee's teachers always seemed so overjoyed with my willingness to volunteer. I just assumed this was something that all parents did, I later found out that this was not the case. Don't get me wrong, all the parents in his class were VERY helpful in other ways. With their help we were able to easily raise enough money to buy a brand new desktop computer for their classroom and some families even helped coordinate some of the field trips to their businesses.Rylee's class had a strong monetary backing.

I guess that is one of the benefits of belonging to an affluent preschool program. Ask and you shall receive- as long as you're not asking for time. I find this somewhat humerus, especially since most of the moms were stay at home moms. Then again who am I to judge.

Anyway- this year I haven't really been able to spend much time in Rylee's classroom with the start of my new career and the birth of his sister Sydnee. Today, I had the day off and Reggie agreed to keep the baby while I went and spent sometime in Rylee's kindergarten class. --I must remind you that I was fairly young when I had Rylee. Most of the parents in his class are MUCH older than Reggie and I.-- While I was there, there was a little boy named Sean who continually asked me how old I was. Laughingly, I kept saying "older then you".

What started with one soon spread to two, three, four, etc. kids asking me my age. With multiple failed attempts, they turned to Rylee to see if he could tell them the answer they all were longing to hear. To their dismay, Rylee was no further help. When asked how old I was he simple said, "I don't know, I forget"!I couldn't help myself, I had to laugh.

It never ceases to amaze me how naive kids can be to the obvious things around them. I love my son and realize that sooner or later he will realize how young his parents really are in respect to the other parents in his classroom.

What are some of the things you have noticed that your kids are oblivious to? What do you wish your kids were oblivious to?