It's that time of year where the sights outside the window are even distracting me, and today was a prime example. I was standing by the window when I noticed a fat squirrel directly below the window carrying a rather large nut. He hopped around and finally started to dig into the lawn with his tiny, bony hands. I had never seen such a great view of a squirrel burying a nut, so I told the kids to come to the window and watch. Once the hole was deep enough, the squirrel dropped his nut into it and covered it back up, packing it down using all his weight. It was adorable. I am going to bring my camera to try to catch him next time, and then I will post it here.
Well, the story doesn't end there because these are 7th graders, and they are very curious creatures, so I made sure to be next to the window later when they had recess. Sure enough! one of my students was digging in the grass where he thought he had seen the squirrel bury the nut. He was way off, and I was tempted to let him dig and search until it drove him nuts, but the vision of many little holes in our already beat up front lawn I knew would not please the janitors. So I knocked on the window, got his attention, gave him the evil eye, and shook my head at him. He stopped his search then, at least while I was watching . We'll see what happens tomorrow.
