How To Make A Snow Day, According to Kindergarten and Second Grade
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“Mrs. Basi!” yells Kindergarten Carpool child, upon leaping into the van after school. “Do you want to have a SNOW DAY tomorrow???!!!!”
“No, I do not,” I reply.
Undeterred, he shouts, “You have to put an ICE CUBE in the TOILET and let it melt! And then you flush it!”
“Uh….okay.”
Nicholas leaps into the van, spread-eagled with enthusiasm. “Mom, mom, you know how to make a snow day??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Nope, how?”
“You put your TOOTHBRUSH under your PILLOW!”
“No, you don’t, you put your SPOON under your pillow!” shouts Kindergarten Carpool.
“My teacher told me TOOTHBRUSH!” yells Nicholas.
“Well, the REAL way is a SPOON. And you know what else? You put an ice cube in the toilet and wait for it to melt! And then you flush it. But if you don’t flush it, your toilet will overflow!”
“So if we want a BIG snow day, we should dump our whole BUCKET of ice from the freezer in the toilet!”Nicholas is problem-solving hard now. “Mom, can we put our whole bucket in? We can always make more!”
Methinks the elementary teachers are having fun with the kidlets.
