Preschool Year One Completed

It seems so crazy to me that it was just 8 months ago that we were sending our sweet little Lillie off to her first day of preschool. 

This sweet little girl of ours has grown and changed so much in her first year of school.  She made lots of new friends, learned how to count to 10 in Spanish, picked up some mad coloring skills, and expanded a personality I just didn't think had the potential to grow any bigger. 

Lillie's preschool didn't do any type of graduation ceremony, which honestly made me a little sad.  But they did get these cute little photos of the kids in caps and gowns and made little certificates for the kids with quotes about what the teachers thought the kids would grow up to be.  Lillie's certificate read future Disney Princess.  (Which is ironic being that they took this picture on princess day.)  While I don't know that a Disney Princess is honestly what I hope Lillie grows up to be, I defiantly see why they would picture her as that.  This little Lillie girl of ours certainly has a princess personality with the sweetest little voice I think I've ever heard.  

With Lillie's first year of preschool behind us, we now sit scratching our heads with what to do about next year.  After filling out all of the kindergarten registration paperwork and still not feeling right about the decision, Clint and I decided we will not be sending Lillie to kindergarten this Fall.  While Lillie may be ready, we're just not.  We are not ready to let the world make it's impact on our little girl just yet and since God has given us the responsibility to do the decision making for her life right now, we've decided to let her be a little girl just one year longer. 

Now that the decisions been made and Clint and are I completely at peace with it, we've got to decide what next year will look like.  We've thrown around a few ideas, and as much as we would love to send her back to the same preschool, we agree with her teacher that she would probably be bored doing the exact same things all over again.  So for now there are a few Montessori schools that we'll be looking into as well as the option of possibly doing some pre-K homeschooling.  For now we're just super proud of the progress Lillie has made this year and are excited for the extra time keeping her home for one year longer is going to allow for us to spend with her.