I fooled my teacher!!!
Elisabeth goes to school once a week now! She loves it! Yesterday I picked her up from school and she told me that she hit Sophia and Sophia cried and she put her head down on the table and sat on a chair but the teacher said that she wasn't in time out. So I asked her why she hit Sophia and she said "But I said I'm sorry!" and then I asked if she went to time out and she said no, the teacher said it wasn't time out. Wanting to get the story straight, I went back to school to talk to the teacher. I asked her if Elisabeth had gotten in trouble that day and she told me no, that they were setting up chairs against the wall so that the kids could watch a movie and Elisabeth was saying she was sorry and they were telling her that she wasn't in time out. So I asked what happened to Sophia and the teacher said, "well she hit her on the back and then said it was an accident and she said she was sorry, so I took her word for it and told her to go sit with the other kids. And she kept saying, but I said I'm sorry and we told her she wasn't in time out." I explained to the teacher that it most likely was not an accident and that when Elisabeth does something she is not supposed to do, she thinks it will get her out of trouble to say it was an accident and throw in a hundred sorries.We get back in the car and I ask Elisabeth why she hit Sophia and Elisabeth said, "Well Sophia hit me on the back on purpose and I didn't cry and then I hit her on the back and she cried." So that was what happened, I'm guessing.At least the teachers know now to ask what happened so that they can better determine if it was in fact an accident or not. When I told her daddy what had happened, he was so proud of his tough little girl!