"What's my name?"

Working with preschoolers and having a really long name like Ms. Richardson results in being called some very interesting things...

1. MRS. Richardson...students, parents, coworkers, etc ALWAYS marry me off! The sad thing is, I constantly call myself Mrs. Richardson too.
2. Teacher...to which I respond, "What's my name?"
3. Ms. Witch-ardson...I try not to take this one personally even though I really love Halloween and witches. In my students defense, the beginning sound of "R" is hard to pronounce at their age.
4. Richardson...said by one of my afternoon kids who I've had for 2 years now. And said in a tone that adults use when they might say "damn it" in an angry tone. But he's never angry. EVER! It just comes across that way only when he said my name. And he has NEVER used the Ms. part. It makes me smile inside every time he says it.
5. Mom...they're little kids! Of course they get confused and call me mom in a weak moment. We've all done it at some point during our school years.
6. Aunt Teri...for the past two years I've had two of my nieces in my class who call me Aunt Teri. They called me that at school too, which I let them get away with because to them, that is who I am. The funny thing is, both years there was a few girls in the class who tried to call me Aunt Teri too. One of the girls happens to be a girl who's family I have been babysitting for since before she was even born. She seemed to think she would get away with it because she was aware that we had a special connection too unlike the rest of the kids. I definitely didn't let that fly.

There's more, but these are the classics, and the only ones I can think of at the moment.