Xavier's Turtle
Greetings to everyone.
One of the things the Turtles (Xavier's preschool class) do is explore various textures, usually as part of an art project. Today, as Xavier arrived (he was a few minutes late), the class was creating turtles.
This consisted of a turtle body cut out of green construction paper, a Styrofoam bowl, two staples and a length of orange string.
His teachers stapled the bowl to the turtle, then let the kids "have at it" with painting the bowl which made the turtle shell.
After painting the shell, a length of string was added to make a leash for the new pet.
When I came home from work, I saw his art work. I thought "how fun and inventive." I would not have guessed this would become one of Xavier's favorite toys.
He walks it outside. He walks it inside. He carries it around so he can walk it some more. Often, he will pick it up, then point at a door so he can take his turtle for a walk outside, especially out front. I guess he learned that from helping walk the dog; after all, that's where Lena gets walked.