Stubborn Chid

Today was Kindergarten Registration for Liz. I can't believe that she is old enough, but she is. We were told ahead of time that they would be checking to see whether or not Liz was ready. Of course, I was not concerned. Liz has been ready for a long time. On the way there, her only question was where her new school would be at. We showed up at recess time, and she saw all the kids playing on the playground. Liz was so excited to see that this would be her new school because she saw that she still got to play outside sometimes.
We went in, and she of course was bored waiting for me to fill out all the forms. As we went around to all the different tables, she knew all the questions. Most of them she has known for years. When we got to the number table the person told Liz to count as high as she could. I was thinking we would be there for a really long time because she can count past 100, and loves to let people know it. So I was really surprised when she counted to 10 and stopped. The person asked her if she could count higher, Liz replied "yeah, but I don't want to right now." I didn't know what to do. She has a stubborn personality and won't do something unless she wants to. They tricked her and had her count some things that were on the table, so everything worked out just fine. I think she may have just been tired of being there, and being asked things that she knew. Her preschool teacher told us that she need to know her address and phone number so that was something we had been working on. She knew that, and was more than ready to share it, but they never asked her. Maybe that was why she kept telling me over and over that it was very boring, and she wanted to leave. Lucky for me she knows that once she is actually in school it won't be that way, or I might have a difficult time getting her to go in the Fall.

learning

Liz is a very sweet child. However, she is very active. It seemed to take us a long time to get her to sit still for anything, including family prayer. She's been very good for a long time. A few weeks ago, I could tell that she started moving around a little again. It was only when it was her turn to pray. When Brad or I said it, she was still good. Well, I'm slow, so it took me awhile to figure out what was going on, but I did.
My sister got married over the summer, and her husband is deaf. From the first time Liz met him, she has been fascinated with learning new signs. Apparently she has decided to start signing her prayers (even though she can only sign a few words). Brad and I talked to her and told her that since we can hear what she is saying, she doesn't need to sign. She very wisely told us that if she doesn't practice at home, then she won't be able to remember the signs when we are visiting my sister's family. How can you argue with logic like that? I guess I will be making a trip to the library so that I have an answer for her the next time I hear "Mom, what's the sign for.....?"