Devilish-ly adorable

K: This is a devil. (Pointed at the page where the cartoon is called mini monster)
J: That's a m-i-n-i m-o-n-s-t-e-r
K: No. It's a devil. Look. This is its horn (Pointed at the metal horn)
J: Okay. It's a devil. (Focus on another kid)
K: What is the color of devil?
J: Any color you like. Blue, green, purple...the important step would be color toning.
K: Okay. What color then?
J: (sighs) Red.
K: Why red?
J: (Thinks) It is usually red.
K: Why red?
J: It represents fire.
K: Why it represents fire?
J: Devil is always to be portrayed to be emerging from the ground.
K: Then why red?
J: (Thought to herself: Central of earth consists of molten minerals and it is extremely hot. Usually this liquid would be ejected from earth in the form of magma and they are red in color. Probably because of that, devils are usually red. It symbolizes blood anyways...so they are either black or red) Well, you can chose other colors if you like.
K: (Takes a red oil pastel and started to color.)

10 minutes later...
K: Do you have a facebook? (8 years old)
D: No, I don't. (11 years old)
K: OK.
D: But my mom has one.

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H: (Drawing stickman) I slept at 2am last night. I'm tired.
J: What you did?
H: I was watching my dad working.
J: Did you help?
H: Yes.
J: What did you help in?
H: Helped with my hands.
J: (silence) Ok.
H: I helped him click. He tells me what he wanted and I clicked.
J: OK. Come, try to draw properly.
H: How to draw?
J: Like this.
H: How you know?
J: (silence) I know.
H: I know.

J: What you know?
H: I know everything.
J: How you know everything?
H: I have CCTV in your house. (pause) In everyone's house.
J: What can you see in the CCTV?
H: I can see everything.
J: What you mean everything?
H: Everything. (pause) Except the bathroom (7 years old)
J: (swt) Why?
H: I'll be able to see people bathing.
J: (swt and silence)

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Sometimes, when you are unhappy, children can easily put a smile on your face.
:)
I especially love HS, CO and SO. HS can be a devil but he is just so lovable especially when:
H: My sister loves sand art. She always ask me to buy for her. And I'll buy for her.
C: Do you have money?
H: Yes I have a lot.

And the hug I reminisced most was from Q and S. They are the sweetest and most generous with their hugs...just at the time when I needed most...from the untainted souls.

p/s: They memorize Justin Bieber's Baby by heart :)