Amid the chaos and uncertainty of the past couple of days, there was Letter T with our tots. Our tots do not have to distance themselves socially from their preschool, nor learn their letters online. Nope. Opa and Oma are grateful for that.
This day there was “The Tooth Book”, a classic you may have read to your tots when they still had their baby ones. It begins with a terrific, tot appropriate question: “Who has teeth?” The answers, of course, include red-headed uncles, lions, walruses, but not hens or snails. In our preschool, we can confidently say that all have teeth but only the little ladies wanted to show theirs.
There was Mr. Mo, though, who was not a bit shy about showing us his tongue.
There was craft time, too, where we painted a tooth with brand-new toothbrushes, sprinkled them with glitter (because why not?) and glued Styrofoam peanuts inside a mouth. Funny that: all the “Dental Week” resources Oma found online called for mini marshmallows instead of Styrofoam… doesn’t that just sound WRONG? She was going to pass that activity by, until eureka! what should Oma spy on her shelf but a bag of packing peanuts?
Along with “T” for teeth and tongue, there was “T” for trees. And, thankseversomuch to OpaOma’s neighbors, there was a Letter T field trip to the end of the driveway to watch some lumberjacks felling lots of them. Of course, in these parts trees are abundant, so losing a few or many to a new house is not such a big deal. There are many more where those came from.
There’s some! Right in the backyard! And Opa, who loves to lead his tots on a trail walk! And also a playset which has been lonesome all winter!
Finally, there was an auntie still with a scooter and a Mo, who sneaked out to the kitchen for a ride.
Next week, Lord willing, there shall be Letter U for “UP” and also a triple-birthday party for three of our very favorite adults.