Strutting

As I let a first grade class into my classroom today, one boy ran to his spot on the carpet. I told him to go back to the door and walk to his spot.

I turned away to answer a question from another first grader, and when I looked back I see the boy STRUTTING back to his spot with his hands on his hips.

If he'd had enough hair, he'd have flipped it too. And then he gave me a huge smile because he knew exactly what he was doing.