I have to say that our "conversations" here have given us so much leverage in this process. I actually sound like I know what I'm talking about!
Before bed, dd told us she's excited about meeting with the people at school. Good sign. What does still makes me nervous (well, one of the things that still makes me nervous) is that when we had our "talk" and we asked her how she felt about possibly moving into first grade, she told us she wants to stay in Kindergarten because she would miss her friend. We assured her she would still see her at school during lunch, recess, and that we'll set up playdates on off days and weekends. Dh then asked that if she got the chance to move to Hawaii (her favorite place in the world) tomorrow, would she go? Her eyes lit up and head eagerly nodded up and down. "Well," he said, "you would have to leave your friends then too, right?" I think we saw the light bulb go on at that moment. Since I know her input weighs heavily in this process, I'll be sitting on pins and needles waiting to hear what her "official" response will be when time comes to ask her opinion on this whole business.
Also in my meeting with the Principal, she told me that one of the teachers we had in mind for first grade was going to be out of school for 6 weeks due to a broken ankle. When I told dh about the teacher being MIA dd says, "what does MIA mean". I thought she was out of earshot. Before I could answer, she said, "does it mean My Injured Ankle?" All I could do was cry out laughing.
{{{HUGS}}}
