Have You Met Tom?

Sydney started 1st grade this week.

I picked her up at the end of the day, headed to Chick fil a for a celebratory milkshake and like any decent mom, I started rummaging through her backpack while still in the drive through line.  Somehow it was like Christmas to me, going through her folders, reading syllabi and tearing through the work she had completed.

Then I saw it.  A hand drawn picture of our family.

Me:  Oh Syd, what a great picture of the our family!

Syd:  Yeah, we had to draw it for history class.  Did I do a good job?

Me:  Of course.  Let me look, I see...
         Daddy, check!
         Me, check!
         You, check!
         And Eli, check!
         And you even remembered Wendy!  So thoughtful.
         But…wait a minute.  What is this fury creature off to the side?

Syd:  (glaring at me with the look that says"duh!") That's Tom

Me:  Tom?  (I pause, attempting to quickly file through my scattered memory searching for any thoughts related to a Tom).  Who is Tom?

Syd:  He is our squirrel.

Me:  We have a squirrel?

Syd:  Umm, yeah.  He lives in our front yard, Daddy and I named him Tom Red.

Me: Aghh, I see….of course!

And that my friends is how we introduced ourselves to our 1st grade teacher.  The family with a pet squirrel.

But it could be worse, she could have started naming the rats!

Is it just me or does Tom Red look a bit like a he is snickering?





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