Parent-Teacher Conference

Last week Daddy and I had the first of what will be a long string of parent-teacher conferences. Even though you seem to really love school now, you were pretty excited to have the day off and you did not want me to leave. I explained that I had to go to your school to talk to your teachers about how you are doing. You replied, "No, Mommy. Don't go. I know how I'm doing. I'm doing great."

I was a little bit nervous sitting on the yellow bench waiting for a conference to begin. I'm not sure what I was worried about since I was pretty sure that the teachers like you and that you are doing really well. But I was nervous nevertheless. However, once the conference began, it could not have been better. Jennifer, Andrea and Cela raved about you. Each one had a specific story to tell about an area in which you are excelling. They told us you are all over the room -- doing art, the manipulatives, helping other children, etc. That you are nice to the other kids and so incredibly independent and capable.

There was a time in the beginning of the school year where I thought your "real" personality might never emerge at school, that you might be more timid and shy in the Sun Room than you are with me and Daddy. But that is clearly not the case and we are really glad that your teachers are getting to know the sparkly, enthusiastic, funny, talkative little girl who lives with us. It seems they see all the greatness in you that we see and that we are not delusional when we look at each other and remark, "we got the best one."