Welcome to the Family, Nathaniel

Someone's dad brought twelve of these to school today. They came out of the river. Mr. C was one of the "lucky" ones who brought one home. He immediately named it Nathaniel, but said we may call him Pint-Size until he grows up.

I was working the car line when one of my 4th graders told me that Mr. C was in the classroom looking for someplace to put a turtle. My first reaction was "No way!" But during the 15 minutes of car duty I thought about how fast they are all growing up. In a few years he won't care about turtles, but for now it is a huge deal. So he is researching what to feed it and then we'll head out to find something better than an old butter tub to put it in.