Saturday, May 5, 2007

Einstein the Alligator

Meet Einstein, the 6' Alligator . . .



Einstein is a famous alligator, beloved by all at the elementary school. Each student gets to take Einstein home for the weekend when they are "Student of the Week" in the kindergarten class. They have to write about what they did with Einstein, and include a picture. The funny thing is to watch these little munchkins carrying a huge stuffed alligator out of the school.
On Friday, we had a couple of littles come over after school for a playdate and they put Einstein on their heads and walked out of the school. It is even funnier to watch people's reaction to a huge alligator being walked up the street for our little "hike". We have a trail behind our house that we enjoy walking and the view is usually fabulous. It was a bit cool and cloudy this particular evening, but Einstein had to go on a hiking adventure before he had to go back to school.

1 comment:

Ben said...

As a reward for being the 'Student of the Week', they have to write a paper about what they did with the alligator? That is so backwards! You should be able to turn in the alligator instead of homework one day. Then it would be a real prize!

I wonder if I can get any of my professors to institute something like that.