Meet the Teacher

Dani had meet the teacher night tonight. We went with the two little boys on our street that are in her class, Jack and Nathan. We went in and shook Mrs. Yarborough's hand and turned in our school supplies. Dani found her mailbox and her cubby and found the bathroom in her class and then we went on a scavenger hunt that sent us to the multi-purpose room, the office (to get a pencil), the nurse's office (picked up a bandaid) and the media center (a bookmark of her very own -- that Dani insisted that she is NOT going to share). When we returned to her classroom, she wanted to check out the classroom. We found the reading center with really cool kid size chairs and read "How Do Dinosaurs Eat?" She was delighted to see that there was a kitchen JUST LIKE the one they had in her preschool. I'm not sure how to report her reaction to all of it. There was a lot going on, so she seemed a little distracted, but she did remember her number and the location of her cubby. She is excited, but surprisingly mellow about the whole thing -- probably just nervous. When she got home, she sat down and wanted to tell Emily and Daddy ALL about it. Emily was clearly impressed with Dani's enthusiasm, she told me "I can see the little happiness in her eyes!" Obviously, Emily knows that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Here is Dani's report on the experience:

We wrote my name on my red folder. I did a treasure hunt. We found a pencil in a box -- all the kindergarteners got one. We went to nurse and got bandaids, but we didn't put them on. I have my own bookmark from the library. In my class there is a checkered table with a marker on it. I saw a kitchen. Mr Gluck (the principle) talked to me -- he is nice. We read a book -- How Do Dinosaurs Eat? My number is 8 and my cubby door has an Rr on it. No D. Just 2 Rs. Mrs. Yarborough is my teacher. She is good. She is nice.


The pictures I took ended up a little blurry -- camera was giving me trouble. But the pictures are so cute, I must post them anyway. And yes, that's Dani wearing a SKIRT!