"Mom, watch out, you almost stepped on the dinosaurs!"It is hard not to sometimes! The dinosaurs in our house are currently enrolled in a new school. It just started, so they are beginning with pre-school. Apparently, every 20 days they go up a grade level, and right now they are only on Day 11. Lined up in order by color, the tiny dinosaurs are off to school with their parent (could be mom or dad, Light told me). They study math, science, and spelling, and there are no tests or homework.
"Do they study reading?" I thought to ask.
"Not yet, maybe in Kindergarten," Light said.
I chuckled. I thought it was pretty cute that they were studying spelling, but hadn't begun to read yet!
"This one is the teacher, mom. Turquoise Jewel." That is Light's favorite dinosaur, because it is a great blue color. It happens to be the smallest dinosaur he has as well. Light whispers to me "He is the teacher because he is the smartest. You can't believe it, Mom. He is so smart he even knows the origin of the big bang!"
"Wow," I said. "Has he told the students yet?"
"Nope, he keeps it a secret. I'm okay with that. But he did tell this dinosaur here, the one with the orange spine."
"Why did he tell that one?" I was curious to know. Light responded, "Mom, he is the SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. He HAS to know!"
Ohh. Silly me! I should have known.
