first call

the moment we've been anticipating since the first day of school finally arrived.
miss lopez (em's teacher) called us thursday night. there had been an incident. apparently, emmy wanted to sit by lexi during reading time, but two other girls were sitting by her, miss lopez advised emmy to sit on the "c" or the "u". emmy didn't like the choices, so she sat behind lexi. (she's a problem solver.) after reading time miss lopez dismissed the children (by letter) to line up to go home, but since emmy didn't have a letter, she wasn't dismissed. after all the children were in line emmy asked why she wasn't allowed to leave. miss lopez stood her ground and said, "you were given a choice and you didn't make it. before i'll let you go, you need to sit on the letter"c" or "u". after whimpering for a moment, emmy realized the battle was lost and moved. (to the "u")

i'm sure this won't be the last we hear from miss lopez.