Meet the Teacher

One of Paige's calendar countdowns ended yesterday, when she got to meet her teacher, Mrs. Arnold.   Apparently this is all really going to happen, next Monday.

Grama came to stay with Cason and Neely.  Right before she arrived Paige got a package.  It was her new backpack from GrannyBob.  She was SOOO excited to "finally" get it.

 Right before Jess got home to pick us up, she told me and Grama that she was excited but a little nervous.  On the drive I could tell she really was, but she also couldn't stop smiling.

She held our hands on the way in, and looked a little shy, but was really excited when she looked around the classroom while I signed her in.

 She told us only to take pictures if the other parents were taking pictures of THEIR kids.  She's already embarrassed by that.  We saw ONE other parent take one, so we went ahead and did too, although Paige didn't agree that one parent was enough for it to NOT be embarrassing for her.

                                                       We bribed her into posing anyway.

We found her seat, and started reading through and signing everything while Paige looked around the room.

Paige felt pretty big when she had to sign some papers too.

Their little table is so cute.  She doesn't know the other kids yet, but she sits next to a boy named Kasen, so there's an ice breaker.  :)

Mrs. Arnold came over, knelt down, and held Paige's hand and introduced herself.  She told Paige how she remembered when Paige was still in my belly.  I'd already told Paige how nice she is, but after she walked away Paige whispered to me that she is REALLY nice.  She also looked really excited when Mrs. Arnold played the harmonica to get everyone's attention.  She talked about how they'll use music a lot, and that had Paige very excited.

At the end, the principal came in to say hi to some of the kids.  When most of the kids and their parents had left, we talked with Mrs. Arnold about Paige's peanut allergy, while Mrs. Bradley/Grama Trudi visited with Paige.

I told Jess to get a picture of them, and we got the embarrassed glare again.

She is even MORE excited now that she's seen the room, the other kids, and her teacher.  She's been planning what I should pack for her lunches too.  :)  Grama got her her lunch box, so Neely and Cason each got one too.  Caso got Avengers and the girls got Hello Kitty.  Neely had a lot of fun packing and unpacking her lunch box yesterday.