We walked into her room and assumed she would want to show us everything....Nope. She wanted to show Luke the play food, and show him the easel to draw on. We stopped her at one point, to point out her desk. It had a small trophy on it. We asked her what the trophy was for. She said it was for working hard and being nice and sharing. Allan asked if it was for her, and she said YEA! We were so proud, even though we didn't really get it. HA!
We also were able to meet the parents of the little boy that sits next to her, Diego . She LOVES him and talks about him every day. According to her, Diego isn't her school boyfriend, he's just her good friend. HA! She talks about him constantly at home. Well, we introduced ourselves to them, since we overheard that that's who they were. We said we were Sarah's parents, she sits next to him. They knew EXACTLY who Sarah was. I guess Diego talks about her constantly at home too. HA! We got a good laugh out of the stories being exchanged. It was pretty good to meet them.
After a few minutes, we were able to talk to Mrs. Palmyra. We just asked how she was doing, and she said she is doing great! She's catching on to everything really well, and knows all of her stuff very well. She said that she is really polite, and follows directions well. She also said that she DOESN'T TALK A LOT! What??!! I had to ask her that, if she talks a lot. She said sometimes she has to remind her, but not very much at all! Jealous. HA! She said she doesn't argue a lot, which I was nervous about, because that girl is very head strong. I was also able to talk to her about my concern about the most recent concept they are learning, "Same, Fewer, More". Sarah is NOT getting that one, and I'm starting to get frustrated by it. I don't want to use different language at home, than they do in school, but saying "fewer" feels so foreign, compared to just saying "less than". Totally weird. I didn't expect that. But her teacher assured me that it's just a hard concept to get, and it's ok, that she will get it. I felt better about that. She said she didn't really know where she was accedemically, because the tests were still being performed and tabulated. But we will probably know by the end of next week, but she was thinking that she was in the average range, so that's good too. Of course you want above average, smarty pants, but I wouldn't change anything. She has shown us how above average she is in every way.
Next, I asked her about the trophy, and what that was about. Mrs. Palmyra told me proudly, that in their school, in every grade, the students of that classroom vote for the most polite, helpful and nice person in their class. They vote for the Hayes Hero (that's their mascot, is the Hero). She said that her classmates voted for my Sarah. She said that she is so polite and really just loves everyone in her class. Mrs. Palmyra said that she is so helpful and shares with everyone, and is never mean. She said that she gets to keep the trophy on her desk for a week or 2 weeks (I can't remember now). She said that when you get into first grade and on, you get to have lunch with the principal. My heart was so full. I can't express how proud Allan and I are of Sarah. It's things like that, that make you feel like, as a parent, you ARE doing the right things. You are raising them right. Lately, I have been having a hard time with Sarah's attitude and just being mean to me. But, she has started to come around and apologize first (which I love). But, hearing her teacher say that her peers voted for her, because of the reasons that I felt were not getting through to her. I just wanted to cry in her classroom. It meant a lot to me.
So, after all of that, we were leaving, and Allan and I couldn't stop telling her how much we loved her, and how proud we are of her and all of her hard work.
After her open house, we took Sarah to get her Tinkerbell movie. She got a TON of money from her birthday. So we decided tonight would be a good night to let her get her movie and whatever else she has had her eye on, within reason of course. She found her movie, and was super excited about that. She asked to go look at toys, and we said sure, but first, I took her to go look at comforters (she got Tinkerbell sheets from Grandma Vicki for her birthday, and I saw that the matching comforter on clearance!). She totally wanted it and was super excited. Next, toy isle. She got a baby Zhu Zhu pet and a Silvermist. Luke was playing with something on an endcap, some cheap little toy. She walked up to him, and said that she would buy that for him. I was so proud of her! I couldn't believe it. If I was 5, and had that much money, I honestly don't know if I would share it. After that, Luke decided he didn't want that toy after all. But Sarah didn't give up on him, she went with him to the Thomas isle and helped him pick out a small train that she wanted to buy for him. We told her that was enough stuff, so that way she could save her money for later, and buy something she wants later. To just save it. She LOVED that idea. But, soon after, she asked if we could go home and watch her new movie and eat popcorn, we didn't any though. So she bought some $1 Fiddle Faddle for everyone and we went to check out. She wanted Luke to go first and made sure that he got a little bag for his train, and then got her stuff. I helped her pay for it, because she said she can't count money yet. HA! But of course Luke wanted to pay too, so she took a dollar out of her money and we had him hand it to the cashier. She was so sweet to Luke, to let him share in her birthday money. We were really proud of her.
The kids just loved the dollar section of Target, and all of their Halloween hats. Taylor loves to put on the witch hat and say, "Howdy Howdy!". He's a little obsessed with Woody I guess.
The day started out really rocky, and this whole month has been rocky, with Sarah. I have been wondering what I'm doing wrong, and why is she acting this way? I think as a mom, as a parent, you see a different side of your kid, because they are comfortable with you. But the true test is when they are NOT with you, out in public, how are they? But, I learned tonight, with all of the wonderful things her teacher said about her, and how she shared what she had with Luke and her family, I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm actually doing pretty well. I just love her, and am so proud of her. She is turning into such a wonderful little lady. I feel so blessed to have such sweet, fun and adorable little children to call my own.
3 comments:
Aw!! That is so exciting! I feel the same way with Abbu sometimes with the way she talks to me but that is true, the real test is how they treat others outside the house. good to hear sheis doing so well in school!
I am so glad to hear that Sarah is LIVIN' it up in kindergarten. It is so scary to send your kids somewhere and so satisfying when they succeed.
Wow, how awesome! I almost cried reading that post...keep up the good work girly. You have lots to show for it!
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