Omar the Octopus

This week was "O" week at pre-school. The buddies learned about oceans and oysters and otters and ocean life. And the octopus. "O" yes, the octopus. Their fabulous teacher "went fishing" (ie. she went to the Asian fish market) and caught a real one and brought it to class. He was very real, though thankfully, no longer alive. When we arrived, she pulled me aside and asked if we would like to take Omar home with us at the end of the day. Of course we wanted to!









I spread the word among our neighbors and invited them all to come over this afternoon. We had 9 takers show up at our door and marvel at our sea creature. They explored his tentacles and suction cups. Ace and Ben pointed out his mouth and his eyes. And, luckily for us, our final visitor took Omar home. It is "bring something from the ocean" day at her preschool tomorrow and we all agreed that Omar would like that. (And, to be honest, I'd rather Omar spend time in her freezer, rather than ours, before the next trash pick-up.)