While riding the bus to St. Charles for the second time, I remember thinking whether or not my little sister was going to come. Once we arrived, I headed straight to my little's classroom in hopes of finding her at her locker or still inside her classroom. There was a line of students waiting in the hallway, and the teacher pointed to my little. I had to quickly introduce myself because the line was moving, but at that moment I was really relieved that I had caught her before she left! One of the first things she asked me was if she had to come to Big Brothers Big Sisters every Wednesday. I said yes, but I was not really sure how to respond! She was probably hesistant about our first meeting because it was her birthday, and she probably really wanted to see her family. But instead of focusing on this, I started to ask her questions about school and her family. The first activity we did together was color pictures. I made her a birthday card while she colored a picture of a park. During the rest of our time, we talked a lot about our favorite things to do. We also played kickball with all the other bigs and littles, wrote in Spanish and drew horses with chalk, and went on a tour of the school building. She introduced me to her ESL teacher and showed me her locker and classroom. I could tell she really enjoyed school by the way she confidently showed me all of her favorite places! The most memorably part of our first meeting was when she was waiting for her mom to pick her up. She came on the bus with all of the other big sisters and was amazed at how big and "cool" it was!
I think our first meeting went really well. She is definitely not as quiet as I expected, and she definitely warmed up as we spent more time with each other. One of the last things she asked me before I left was, "Are you going to come to St. Charles everyday?" I sadly said no but would be there next Wednesday!
Next week, I am planning on bringing some art project ideas. She also really likes computers, so we may type up a story or take pictures with mine. I can't wait!
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Too bad we didn't know it was your little's birthday. Bummer!
It's neat that you picked up on a change in her excitement about you from her first question about "BBBS EVERY Wed.??" to "Are you going to come EVERYDAY?" I think she likes being with you!
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