Today is Kindergarten Day, in honor of the birthday of the inventor of Kindergarten, Friedrich Froebel.

I don’t remember a lot about Kindergarten, except that we learned the colors, took naps on mats on the floor, and I got in trouble for pretending my banana was a pistol. Mrs. Wilson came to work wound a little tight that day, I guess. I’m sure she’d be impressed that I’ve learned the safe, responsible employment of both bananas and firearms.