some humour in class

Last night I started a new 6 week series teaching for Douglas College at the Langley site.
6 wonderful new couples - all a bit excited, nervous, apprehensive, unsure .....etc.
I always start with an icebreaker called "The company you keep", and that helps to "loosen" everyone up a bit. And of course, humour works well to keep the mood light, especially if there are nervous nellies in the crowd. :-) Or men who are feeling a bit out of place. However, last night there came some humour at my expense actually!

When telling the class what to expect, I always talk about chairs. Yes, chairs. These poor pregnant ladies always have to sit on - what amounts to uncomfortable chairs. No chair is quite comfortable when you're pregnant, right? However, birth balls are great!! So when I talk about what they should bring to class, I always ask them if they own a ball. So here's last night's conversation.

I'm standing at the front of the room, with a birth ball right beside me.
I say, pointing to the ball "how many of you have balls?"

(now I should point out, I ask this of every group of parents I teach. However, I think sometimes I must add the word "birth" or "exercise" before the word "balls".)

One dad bursts out laughing - which of course causes all the other dads to laugh, and that one dad says "well, 50% of us do!".

HAHA. okay. Very funny. I think from now on, I will have to remember to insert the word "birth" or "exercise" first!!!