Emma's first week was a HUGE success! I will share one "Emma" story then leave you with the precious pictures---
Emma was excited and nervous about anything related to Holy Trinity Episcopal School (her new school). There was a teacher "Meet-n-Greet" the Thursday before school started. We had a chance to look around her new classroom, see her desk, and try to make her as comfortable as possible with her new situation. While touring her classroom, I pointed to the discipline chart on the wall. There were four laminated sheets of paper on the wall: two green sheets followed by a yellow then red. All the "stars" were on the top green sheet. Emma spotted her star immediately and said with all the excitement in the world, "MOM! I can't wait to get my star ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM red sheet because red is my favorite color!" HA! I stood there for a while not sure how to approach this one as I understood her reasoning HOWEVER red was not the behavior goal-- "top green" is the goal. Red = bad. Green = good. Rather than kill her enthusiasm I let it go and figured her teacher, Mrs. Licata, would explain all of that on her first day. Duane and I laughed for a while later that night though ;)
That's precious!! She's a cutie! I hope she stays on "green" all year :)
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