Hey kids, help me name my babies!

I mentioned in my first post that I am pregnant with twins, which I mostly kept a secret from my students at the end of last year.  By the last day of school, a handful of my kiddos and their parents knew about the babies, so I think the news has spread a little over the summer break.  This week, I started teaching a summer camp up at my school, so I've gotten to see a bunch of my kids from last year.  Not only do they now know I am having a baby - make that two babies! - but I am also pretty obviously pregnant now, which seems to confirm it for any of the suspicious-but-not-quite-sure seven year olds I know.

When I see a student of mine, they inevitably give me an enthusiastic HELLO!! and then I see their eyes go straight to my belly.  I can hear their little minds thinking {is she really pregnant?!}  Some of them come right out and ask me, or even inquire, "So and so said you're having TWO babies?!?"  When I tell them it's true, their eyes get real wide.  So then they ask if they are boys or girls, I tell them one of each, and they always follow up with asking what I am going to name them.  I tell them I have no idea, and then ask if they have any name suggestions.  Oh boy do they ever.

Name suggestions from soon-to-be second graders always start with their own name.  Followed by the name of their brothers and/or sisters, and then the names of all their best friends.  Then I get their mom and dad's names.  Then we start getting really creative:

Jasmine, Belle, Aurora, and all the other favorite Disney princesses

Rachel and Finn (which I at first thought were some pretty solid name suggestions, until the girl added in that these are characters on Glee)

Bob for the boy (??)

Gabby (after Gabby Douglas of course)

Justin and Selena (seriously?!)

So you see where their ideas are coming from.  Not that I totally blame them for turning to their favorite celebrities (animated or not) for baby names.  I already told my husband that since we are having one of each, we can for sure use whatever name William and Kate come up with for His/Her Royal Highness...