Tom the Turtle

 

Have I mentioned how much I like Little Guy's teacher?  One of our biggest concerns about sending Little Guy to school is of course I want him to learn his ABCs and how to read and all that good stuff, BUT we also want him to still get to be a kid.  When the school year started, I wrote a letter (which they let parents do) describing Little Guy and asked that they'd put him with a teacher that would be a good fit for him.  I really think they took it into consideration!  One of the fun things the class gets to do is take turns taking care of this turtle named Tom.  He's stuffed, but Little Guy thinks he's real.  He's talked about it ever since the little reptile started going home with different kids.  Well, this weekend was Little Guy's turn.  He was ecstatic!  So, we had to come up with a fun filled weekend so we could take pictures and record our adventures so Little Guy would have some great stuff to share with his class on Monday.  I wanted to share them with you all too . . .

First, Tom joined us on our Friday night tradition of dinner and a movie.  He ate grilled cheese sandwiches and watched Up with us.

 

Friday night Tom slept with Little Guy.  This is a testimony to how excited he was, because Little Guy has a bear that he NEVER and I mean NEVER sleeps without!

On Saturday we took Tom to Conway Days which is a local Fall Festival with arts and crafts booths and fun activities for kids.  Here he is sampling some delicious cookies made by a neighbor of ours who had a booth there.

Next Little Guy and Sweet Girl took Tom on a bounce house ride.  After getting slung around, it made me glad that we got Tom on the front end of the year.  Who knows what heights and depths Tom will climb to after being handled by 18 Kindergarteners!

It was not always easy, but he did a pretty good job of sharing Tom with his little sister.

The biggest surprise bonus was a petting zoo.  Tom got to meet one of his own ...

The Boy Scouts helped the kids make ice cream.  Tom was very helpful too.

Last but not least Tom got to cheer on the Hokies with us tonight.  Sadly he was not a good luck charm.

All in all we had fun with Tom, and I think he had fun with us!