I can do that!

Today the children had off for parent-teacher conferences. I had a break in my conferences and was watching one of my student's two year old brother play with the water fountain in the hallway. When the preschool class came in from outside, he followed them into their room and one of the teachers asked if I wanted to watch their science experiment. I love science, so I went in to join them. The preschool teacher takes two eggs and the goal of the day was to see if you can break the egg with one hand, which is supposed to be impossible. Of course, give me a challenge and I am game. I said, "I can do that!" I take my turn, squeeze with all my might and the preschool teacher says, "see you can see she is squeezing hard, because her fingertips are turning red." All of a sudden the egg makes a popping noise. The next thing I know is that I have closed my entire fist, and egg is flying in the air landing on the children who either think this is awesome or have started crying. I look over to the two year who was sitting front and center for this activity and he has egg all over, but is laughing. I help clean up the mess and one of the little preschoolers comes up to me and says, "How did you get super strong powers?" Needless to say, I don't think I will be welcome in the preschool class for a while.