Arlington meets her teacher

Today we went back to Arlington's school to meet her teacher.  She was excited to finally put a face with the name.  Arlington was in love with her from the moment she met her.  She was sweet, and young, and very energetic.  She asked Arlington a lot of questions - knew that Arlington was new to Massachusetts.  I think it is going to be a great year.

When we first went into the school - we took her things to her locker.  We had gotten her a few things to decorate it with and extra supplies just in case.  The lockers are full size and Arlington looked like a smurf next to it.

But she was excited about the locker.  Luckily it has an upper and lower shelf and hooks so she can still reach.

Each locker was labeled with the child's name.  This is still elementary school, after all.  It is weird she has a locker, but in a way I am glad.  It is where she will keep her bookbag, lunch and coat and that will keep it from mixing with other kids.

I would say "keep her from losing something", but I know that will happen no matter what.

We met her teacher, and she got to pick her journal (she chose purple) and her seat.  She was pretty excited to pick her seat.  They let the kids find a desk that fit them well, so that made a lot of sense.  She put her name on the front of her desk and immediately sat down and started flipping through the books.

She is such a nerd.

They have student planners this year, which should be interesting.  She found this fascinating.  We turned in her school supplies and the teacher said she would put them all away for Arlington.  So on the first day of school, she won't have a heavy bookbag.

Arlington's classroom is huge.  There were a lot of people in there, so I didn't take many pictures, but I did take a picture of the reading center.  This is just one little corner of the room.  It is really big.

There are 21 students in Arlington's class, and they weren't crowded at all.  The school was recently remodeled and it shows.  There is plenty of room to roam in each of the classrooms.  This teacher has room for several carpeted areas, a very large reading desk (that seats about 10) and all the kids desks and her desk, and still room for the kids to get around.  I was very impressed.

So a good day.  I will end the post by showing you the pictures I took of Arlington today.  Each summer we do a photo shoot.  I change the kids picture in our bedroom each year as they grow, so I love doing this photo.  It is fun to see how much they change each year.

 After behaving so long, I let her do a few funny poses:

One of these two are the winner for this years picture:

Tomorrow I will post either Finley or Cainan!