beans without butter

So we've been working on "making connections". This is where we read a story and the kids make a connection to something in the book we've read - most of the time the book reminds them of something from their own experience. So we read a book about a kid whose mom gets a job and how things change around the house - dad starts to do the cooking, the kids have to pick up a few extra chores, there isn't as much time with mom as there was before, and mom and dad sometimes fight. Here was one of my students connections:

This story reminds me of when I had to eat beans without butter. When I ate lunch at school. When I had to yell at my kitten.

Random and totally adorable.

You may remember the clever little joker I have in my class (remember the dungeon?). She's always coming up with an interesting play on words, and often her wit is lost on the other kids. This time they were getting ready to go outside on the should-have-been-a-snow-day right before the holidays. I over-heard her repeating over and over (until I laughed out-loud from across the room), "It's snow fair that we have to go outside! It's SNOW fair!". Where does she come up with this stuff?