Jack started preschool (he calls it “playschool”) this week! When I came to pick him up from his first day, he  was excited to tell me all about his fun day.

Transcript of the conversation:

Mom: What was your favorite part of preschool?

Jack: The legos. And the goo table. I had a worst part, too.

Mom: What?

(I thought you were supposed to have nothing but fun in preschool)

Jack: Some kids tortured the hamster. It died.

Mom looks at teacher, who quietly nods her head.

Mom: That’s so sad.  What… umm…  What happened?

(Do I really want to know?)

Jack: The kids were playing with it and they spinned it really really fast and it died.

*I should probably stop here to explain that Jack can’t say his /r/ sound very well.  So it actually sounded like this:

“…they spinned it wewwy wewwy fast…”

I looked at the teacher, who nodded her head again.

That, along with the image in my head of the spinning hamster, was enough to set me off.

I started laughing.

Pretty hard.

Then Jack started grinning.

I’m pretty sure the teachers had a lot to talk about when we left that day.

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8 Responses to “Rest in Peace, Mr. Hamster”

  1. What about the new hamster rules? C’mon – you’re holding out on us! ;)

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  2. Grandpa Mike says:

    wewwy intewesting, the pooow hamsteww. I don’t see anything wewwy funny about it!
    Glad that he’s having fun in playschool
    Love you guys!!

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  3. Steve aka: Dad says:

    It’s funny that Grandpa Mike suddenly has a soft spot in his heart for hamsters. I recall from my childhood that he has a much better way to deal with those pesky hamsters… his car!

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  4. Grandpa Mike says:

    shhhhh! Those were wewwy destwuctive hampsters.

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  5. Grandma Dawn says:

    Actually, the car was my idea. His plan involved his .22 revolver.

    Poah hamstoah! Both were bad ideas. :-(

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  6. Cheyenne says:

    Hmm… seems like don’t spin the hamster should have been a rule.

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  7. Christi says:

    HAHAHA!!!

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