My Baby Girl is Growing Up!

Oh my goodness......where has the time gone and what happened to my little baby?!!
Today, I registered Lily for Kindergarten!! I'm not one of those emotional moms that cries when their kids go to school, because I honestly love seeing them spread their wings and becoming independent. But, it is amazing to see my little shy Lily grow up!

I went to register her while she was at school. I didn't realize they do things differently now and that they like to talk to the kids and screen them at registration. So, I told them that I could bring her back after school. I was so nervous at the thought of them testing her without me there, because Lily does not talk to strangers AT ALL. It has been 2 years and she still won't talk to our friends at church and will barely talk to her teachers at school.

I'm not worried about her being socially disabled or anything like that because at home she talks non-stop. It's just her little personality quirk. Her teachers at school say she plays and has fun with her friends. I have been talking to her off and on all year about how she is going to have to talk when she gets to Kindergarten. I've told y'all about how Kaylee was almost labeled special ed because she was the same way.

So, as I thought about how to approach this to Lily, I decided to go with the bribery technique. She's been really in to milkshakes from McDonald's lately because she loves that the new cups they use look like Starbucks cups and have whipped cream and a cherry. LOL! I knew that this isn't really a fear issue.......she just doesn't want to talk and it's become almost a game to her. So, luckily she was in a super good mood when I picked her up from school and I explained to her that we needed to take her to talk to the teachers so that they could see what she knows and what class to put her in. Then, I said if she would talk to them and answer their questions, we could go get a milkshake! Well, that was all it took and she was super excited!!

Today was literally the first day I've seen her respond to adults that she doesn't know! And it was the principal who ended up testing her too. She was saying "thank you" in response to compliments and she told her what her sisters names are. Then, she took her back to test her. Lily said they asked her what some letters where, had her draw a picture of herself and write her name, and then asked her a few other questions. They asked her when you go swimming and she said "summer". She also said she asked her what time winter is and Lily said she didn't know so she just said "wednesday", because you know, she said, "it's windy in winter and so wednesday", like winds-day. LOL!!!!!! Hey, her thinking was pretty smart, right?! Haha!

I was just so proud of her! And I could tell that she was very proud of herself too! So, she is ready to go to Kindergarten in the fall!

It was super windy here today, and Wednesday/Winds-day. Haha! I took a video of the waves crashing in. I just love watching them!