Schooled

I think the Little Martians will love reading in this tent!

Hiya, Friends!  Did you know my Aunt Colleen is a school-teacher?  It's true.  She teaches Little Martians at a place called Mars Elementary!  How about that?!  My whole life, I've heard all about Aunt Colleen's classroom, and I finally got to visit.  Not when the Little Martians were there.  No, I got to go to Aunt Colleen's classroom to help her get it ready for the Little Martians, before the Martian Schoolyear began!

I'd never been in a real-live classroom before, so it was particularly exciting to me to see all the desks lined up, fulla school supplies!  I really got a big kick outta Aunt Colleen's desk! 

Friends, did you know that the teacher gets a great big desk with lotsa drawers, and a great big chair?

Apparently the teacher doesn't get to sit at the desk very often, but it's really nice to see that Aunt Colleen has a lot of drawers to keep her school supplies!

Hey! Teacher! This kid knows the answer! Pick me!

Also, there's a big white board that is like my white board that I can write on with special markers and then clean right up with the swipe of an eraser!  I didn't get to write on the Big White Board the day I visited the Martian School, mainly because I wasn't s'posed to, and also because I couldn't reach it or the markers without help, so it made illicit use of the markers and marker board impossible. 

Not that I woulda tried the Big White Board out without permission.  I'm not like that. 

Moving right along.

I got to sit at a big horseshoe-shaped table, right in a real-live student's chair!  I got to play with school blocks!  I like to think they're smarter than just regular blocks, although regular blocks are pretty smart, too!

Pssst, Friend, the answer's TWO! Five donuts minus three is TWO donuts!

I also had a pair 'a' dice I was practicing rolling, just in case I got to go down to the Casino in Downtown Pittsburgh.  I wanted to win it big at the craps table, but all that practicing was for naught.  Uncle Lorentz said they don't let little kids into the Casino.  That's blatant ageism if you ask me.  So I didn't get to go to the Casino, and I hafta wait until I'm Older.  Darn it.

I got to go to school, though, and see a little bit of what it's all about.  I got to meet a principal!  I got to visit the cafeteria and the teacher's lounge and the special storage area in the BOILER ROOM!  Wow! 

I guess that's more exciting than a casino any day, Friends!  I guess it just is!

I love ya, Friends!  See ya tomorrow!  Muah!