Meet the Teacher day!

Today Mel and I took McCanless to meet her new 2-year-old kindergarten teacher, Ms. Jordan. She was so ready and so excited to show off her new bookbag.

That is, until we walked into the classroom. She latched onto me, pouted and began talking in “baby talk.” As we chatted with Ms. Jordan and signed all of the necessary forms, McCanless began playing with all of her supplies that were in her bookbag. I thought, “Okay, maybe this isn’t so bad…now Ms.Jordan will see her sorting, stacking and building with the various size boxes. She will DEFINITELY be impressed with her creativeness and logic!! (wink)…and hopefully overlook her short lived little “mood.”

As I smiled and settled back into the list of mom duties, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the box of wipes go hurling through the room. She began throwing each and every ‘McCanless’ labled supply across the room. As she flung herself onto the floor and screamed, I noticed another mom raise her eyebrow, as if to silently reprimand me. I was horrified. What a great first impression.

The irony is McCanless began to cry as soon as we walked out of the room. She wanted to go back to school.