Memior.

EXCITING
YEARS!

By: paige

“Mom
I don't want to go. You can't make me!” I screamed!

“Paige
I promise it won't be that bad” My mom said as she forced me
into the car.”“People are going to me mean”
I said.

“Well
you will just have to see...”

When
I was 4 and about to start pre-school I was pretty scared to start
pre-school, even though I thought so many extremely amazing things
we're going to happen. A week before i started pre-school my mom woke
me up early and said, “Get up, get dressed, and brush your
teeth, Paige we are going shopping.” When i found out we we're
going shopping i was so happy!

I
loved shopping. We got in the car and drove to Bangor! It seemed like
it took forever to get there! I was really impatient. But when we
finally got there my eyes lit up with excitement! I jumped out of
the car and attempted to sprint to the mall! My mom ran after me
screaming “ PAIGE, SLOW DOWN! LOOK BOTH WAYS!” She
finally caught me and got me to slow down and walk. We went into the
mall and went straight to JC penny.
My mom and I quickly looked through JC penny, this was a big store,
We saw a bunch of shirts and pants and even dresses! There were also
kids much smaller than me who were crying and yanking on their moms
pant legs, because they wouldn't get them what they wanted. We could
hear all the people in the mall loudly talking like they we're the
only ones in the store. Then we finally found it, the most perfect
dress I had ever seen, It was light purple, with little bows on the
bottom of the dress, the dress flowed down to just under my knees, I
loved this dress. Then we came across a pair of shinny white slide on
shoes. They we're gorgeous. I had to have them to match the wonderful
dress I picked out. I wanted to look good, considering i was
starting at a new school, with new people that i'd never met before!

On
the way home all I talked about was pre-school and how great it would
be! I was really getting excited! As soon as we got home I tried on
all the clothes I bought and showed my dad and my brother, and anyone
else that was around that would pretend to care! A week goes by and
it seemed like forever! But then when the day finally came that I was
starting pre-school i was nervous! I was happy the day was here but I
was so scared that people wouldn't like me and that I would have a
mean teacher! My mom drove me to school and walked me to the
classroom, My teacher Ms. Thompson was standing in the doorway and
when she saw my mom and I approaching the classroom she began to
smile! My mom and her stood in the door way talking while i hid
behind my moms legs petrified. And then when mom handed me off to Ms.
Thompson I cried and begged my mom not to leave. But she did..

As
soon as I finally realized that I was all alone now and that my mom
was gone, I let Ms. Thompson show me around the classroom. It really
didn't seem that bad there was like a lot of toys and like blocks and
a station to listen to books on tape! It all seemed great until i
realized that there was 19 other kids in the classroom that i didn't
know, Then the feeling of being scared came back. Ms. Thompson called
us all to the front of the class and said “ Your getting your
new seats now!” She called off everyones names. And i was one
of the last people and she said “ Paige you will sit with
Marideth.” I was not excited about sitting by her, Because I
had no idea who she was. (As you can tell I was not very outgoing.)
But I sat by her anyway! So time went by and i actually learned stuff
about Marideth and we became best friends! This made pre*school so
much better.

It
got to be February and I was really excited because my birthday was
in February. I went to school on February 22^nd and Was
yelling “MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMMAROW!” Ms. Thompson calmly
said, “Paige whens your birthday?” I replied “
february 23rd” She said “ What a coincidence so is mine!”
In pre*school I thought that the teacher having the same birthday as
me was really cool! We finished out our day of school and then went
home. When I got home I got a phone call! It was from Ms. Thompson.
She said “ Hello Paige, Sorry to bother you at home but, I was
just wondering if you would like to have a little celebration for our
birthday tomorrow?” I instantly replied “ Yes!” .
The next morning when I got up for school I knew that the day would
be great! I was finally 5 and i was going to get a party at school.
As soon as I arrived at school I found Ms. Thompson and gave her a
hug and said Happy Birthday. The day seemed so long, But then at the
end of the day, We ate cup cake's and played games like life and
monopoly! This was so much fun! I learned a bunch of new things in
pre school! The most important was probably the alphabet. I was very
happy I had this experience with my Teacher and My friends Marideth,
Natasha and Amber!

Well
thats how it happened with my whole pre*school 5^th
birthday thing! This was a very special time to me! I even remember
it to this day! I felt so special when the whole end of the day was
dedicated to me and ms. thompson! She was a great teacher! I miss her
tons, I am almost positive I will always remember the day in
pre*school, When we had a whole day devoted to us. In The end I
surprisingly loved pre*school, I had made new friends and had a great
teacher! I was so happy!