meet the teacher

Today was the little pumpkin's preschool orientation. She's been looking forward to this day...to see her "big girl school" for the first time and to meet her teacher...pretty much all summer. At least she's talked about it
A LOT. And then this morning my sweet girl tells me, "You know, I am kind of shy Mama." Ah, I remember those first day jitters all too well.

Grace was so excited when she received the invitation to the Orientation in the mail!

Inspired by THIS idea and to help break the ice, we made these for the teacher and two aides. I think they turned out so cute! FYI: instead of a glass cup to hold the flowers like the tutorial called for, we tied the bunch with a rubber band, then wrapped a wet paper towel around it and sealed it off with aluminum foil. We then placed it inside of the pink cardstock trimmed tube we created out of some corrugated cardboard.

Flowers in hand, Ready to go meet Mrs. Bryan! Signing in As soon as she saw the classroom, all nerves disappeared and she made a mad dash across the room to see this...the class pet! And soon she was off exploring every little nook & crany of that room! Time to pick out a cubbie with Mrs. Bryan Project Time! Yes, there was plenty of glue... :) More fun stuff! And then it was time to go home...where the fun continued with this little treat sack Mrs. Bryan sent home! Since Daddy had to go back to work and couldn't join us for lunch, we paid him a surprise visit! And then we finished off a very busy, fun day with a trip to Barnes & Noble where we read books... ...and even munched on a treat or two! What a fun day!
Here's to a great school year! ...just two more days before the
BIG DAY!