Busted

Emily got busted at school recently in their "Caught Doing Good" program. Each week they recognize students who exhibit outstanding behavior and present them with an award during morning announcements. As for Emily's good deeds, her teacher reported that, "Emily is always ready to listen, shows superstar work, and shares ideas with her classmates! She uses her manners and is kind, patient, and helpful!" As a result, she gets her name added to a bulletin board at school and her picture in the weekly newsletter.

In general, I think that she is adapting well to her new school. It is smaller so she feels like she has fewer friends to choose from, but I get the sense that she is playing with lots of different kids and getting along with them pretty well. Overall, we are happy with her teacher and the things that they are doing in the classroom. With such small class sizes, the teacher seems to be very attuned to each kid's needs, abilities, etc.

In other news, we just had Emily's 7-year check up, and she continues to be right on track with her past growth rates. She is 47 inches tall (22nd percentile) and 43.3 pounds (10th percentile). Vision, hearing, etc. are all good!