The Pasta Pot

by Amy

As we've probably mentioned before, our kids have recently begun attending a new kindergarten. This school is great for many reasons, one being that it's about a 2 min. walk from my building, and two being that it's really small so it has a great teacher:kid ratio. My kids love going and often ask why they aren't going able to go on the weekends.

Last week the teachers brought three turtles into the classroom. They vary in size, from a little bigger than a silver dollar to the size of a dinner plate, but, to quote Savannah, "They're all kids." Our kids have had a blast playing with those crazy turtles!

When asking the kids what they did at school one day last week, they all eagerly told us about taking the turtles to the "pasta pot." "Oh, really?!?" I tried to play along... "Where is this pasta pot? How big is this pasta pot?" But I never got any clues to what exactly they were refering to. When we got home and they told Sue all about it, she asked, "What's a pasta pot?" "Grandma, it's what you cook spaghetti in!"

Thanks, Savannah, that's helpful! Thanks to some pictures the teachers showed me, I discovered that the pasta pot is actually a shallow water fountain in our complex. Supposedly the turtles love to swim.