Mrs. Curran's Big Announcement

Here is a glimpse at our typical morning routine in my classrom:
7:25
Kids start to arrive
7:25 - 7:45
Kids unpack; write in planners; and do morning work while quietly whispering,greeting each other, and helping one another with their morning work
7:45
Bell rings -- talking ends
7:45 - 7:55
Disney music playing, kids silently working on morning work
7:55
My "DJ" starts the morning meeting song and that's everyone's cue to come circle up on the carpet
7:55 - 8:05
Morning Meeting led by a  student: Greeting / game, Reflection / question, Share time, and Mrs. Curran's announcements

Here is a glimpse at my classroom today:
7:25
"Mrs. Curran do you know what you're having??"
"Yes, but I'm going to wait until morning meeting during my daily announcements, so I can share with everyone all at once."
7:26
Someone else, "Mrs. Curran do you know what you're having??"
"Yes, but I'm going to wait until morning meeting during my daily announcements, so I can share with everyone all at once."
7:27
Someone else, "Mrs. Curran do you know what you're having??"
"Yes, but I'm going to wait until morning meeting during my daily announcements, so I can share with everyone all at once."

You get the picture! Needless to say, my kiddos were very excited to find out about you two. In fact, two of my girls made this poster for me last night so that I could check off the two boxes when I shared the good news:

Finally, 8:00 arrived and it was time to make my big announcement. They were so excited that one girl even wanted to video my announcement:

 

Some of my favorite quotes from the video:
"Name them Lily." "You can't name boys Lily!"
"Yeah, they won't fight...over dollies."
"Is that inside your stomach?!"
"Is there any pizza in there?"
"Wait, so they were tasting french fries?" "No, they were in a little packet thing."

After the discussion of you two, the conversation shifted, as my kiddos began to realize this means I will not be their teacher for the entire school year. They quickly began buzzing with several questions: "How long will you be gone?" "Just like a month, maybe two, right?" "Well, how many school days is that?" "Are you sure you can't be our teacher the whole year?" "When are you due -- January? So that means we probably won't see you after Christmas, right?" "Hey, but you'll miss my birthday!" "You will be back for the end of the year, right? My last teacher never came back." "Will you bring the boys to school so we can meet them?" "Yeah! And can we hold them? I'm really good at holding babies."

Bless their hearts! Only three weeks into the school year, and already they are so attached and sad to see me go. I explained to them that with twins it's tricky for me to know exactly how long I'll be gone. I told them that it depends on how big and healthy you are -- if you come too early, I'll probably be gone longer. I explained that if you come earlier than you're supposed to, you will probably be very small and that you'll need your mommy for a little bit longer than normal. They quickly agreed that it was important that I stay with you and make sure you are healthy. Melt my heart! I was so proud of them for trying to be understanding of me needing to be home with you two. I know they'll still miss me, but they'll be in good hands, while I make sure you two are in the best hands!

And as if my day couldn't get any sweeter, one of my dear coworkers brought me an adorable blue box, filled with an even cuter surprise:

Too sweet and so tiny! I cannot wait until you are in these adorable onesies, in each of my arms. Love you already, my sweet little boys!