Meeting the Teacher

It was open house at the preschool from 10am - 11am for the BLUE class. She wore her blue crayon name tag today. She thought she was something else with her name tag on in the car. She has two wonderful teachers this year Mrs. Christie and Mrs. Sue. When we first went into the room Mrs. Christie told Hayden that she had been waiting all morning to meet her. After that the shyness started wearing off and Mrs. Christie took her around the classroom to show her where to put her book bag and lunch box every morning. She posted a picture of Hayden on all of her name tags to help her learn what her name looks like (I thought that was a really good idea). She did try to interact with the other kids. She helped a little boy put a puzzle together and helped Paxton cook in the kitchen. Mrs. Christie sat at the kitchen table and told Hayden and Paxton to cook her a pizza. I think Hayden was surprised to see the teacher playing (she had a really confused look on her face). Of course, when Kierstin walked into the room she was very excited, they started cooking in kitchen(apparently all kids really love to cook) and playing with the baby dolls. She still has a lot of opening up to do with the other kids but at least it was a start today. I'm sure in a couple of weeks she will get to know everybody. In fact she was having so much fun she didn't want to leave. She gave Mrs. Christie and Mrs. Sue a big hug before she left. The cutest part was that Hayden and Kierstin walked out of their classroom holding hands. I think they are going to have a great school year. Hopefully the open house today will make Monday a little less stressful on Mommy. I know I am still going to cry, but I am going to make myself wait until she gets out of the car. I don't want to scare and upset her too. I can't wait to hear all about her first day of school when I pick her up Monday afternoon.