Troublemaker

Yesterday on the way home from school, I was asking Sophie about her day and asked her if a little boy in her class cried. She said no, then said, "Sophie."

"You cried?"
"Yes."
"Was someone mean to you?"
"Yes."
"Who was mean to you?"
"Mrs. ..." (her teacher's name)

Hmm, so when we got home, I looked in her notebook. Her teacher wrote that Sophie ran out the door, then laughed when the teacher made her sit next to her and ran out again, then got sent to the director's office for a few minutes. The note said, "Please talk to her."

It was hard for me not to chuckle a little about this. But we talked about what she did, that it was wrong, and that she needs to listen to her teacher and stay in her classroom.  And she said yes, she would stay in her class.  Later, we went to Walgreens to pick up something.  I was looking at the shelf reading labels, and Sophie runs off down the aisle.  I called after her, but didn't chase her.  She came back and laughed and then did it again.  I got down and spoke to her about how we didn't do that and did we need to have a timeout in the car?  She said no, and then behaved herself after that.

I talked to the teacher after school today, and she said that Sophie did much better today, but just seemed kinda off yesterday.  Hopefully, it's not that she's not getting bored with the new school.  But I wouldn't be surprised?  After all, how many days can you spend talking about one color (red)?  Anyway, tomorrow is Sophie's day to take snacks for the class, so we had to stop and buy a dozen (red) apples today.