Today’s morning message had a little riddle in it.  It said that we would be having three visitors to Morning Meeting, but only one of them was human!  The kids were a little puzzled at first.  After they realized that aliens were probably not going to be visiting us (that disappointed them terribly), they remembered that Brooke wanted to bring in her pets to our sharing time.  They knew that Brooke had bearded dragons, so they couldn’t wait for Morning Meeting to start!

The dragons did not disappoint!  Mrs. M, Brooke’s mom, was kind enough to bring in the dragons to share with the class.  Their names are Bob and Bernie.  She was very knowledgeable about how to care for the dragons, what they look like when they’re happy and mad, and what those little holes on the side of their face were for (those are their ears, by the way).  The kids had lots of questions! In case you were wondering, they do not breathe fire.

Most of the kids were not afraid of the dragons, and the ones who were a little creeped-out soon got comfortable with our new friends.  The dragons were not very active since it was rather chilly for them (it was a balmy 49 degrees Fahrenheit this morning!) but they were still amusing.  One of them seemed to nod his head to answer “yes” to one of Mrs. M’s questions!  A few brave souls got to pet the dragons.  Their teacher was not one of them.

We are considering the purchase of a class pet, and Mrs. M was very honest about how difficult it is to care for bearded dragons.  They need a terrarium that is three times the length of their bodies, a heat lamp that keeps a precise temperature, and they eat live food.  Even though the bearded dragons were quite awesome, we all agreed that they might not make a great class pet.

Oh well, at least we have this claim to fame: we were visited by real dragons at school!  Who else can say that? 🙂