You're gonna hear me roar!

Lily has had a secret talent for about a year or so now....it is her roar!  She loves to roar like a lion to get attention, be cute, and freak people (especially boys) out.  Yesterday she informed me that after completing her work with her teacher Ms. Curtin, she showed Ms. Curtin her roar!  LOL

An unexpected growing up milestone

So we had been talking about how Lily was at the age where we might consider leaving her home alone for short periods such as if we go for a walk or run down to Dollar General.  Well, today she got her first taste of it unexpectedly...poor child was very distraught...Olav got caught in a meeting at work and couldn't get to the house on time to meet Lily's carpool drop-off.  Just for the record, he has been a constant in her after-school life since she was in pre-k.  The carpool waited for 10 minutes when Olav finally instructed Melissa (the carpool mom) to simply leave Lily there...he had left the door unlocked.  When daddy came home 30 minutes later poor Lily burst into tears....talk about a memorable first time home alone.  Anyway, at least we are more motivated to get her that phone for the house should that ever happen again.