One of Bailee's classmates in Kindergarten is celebrating her 6th birthday this Saturday at Chuck E Cheese...boy is she excited!!!
Having a child with special needs raises a lot of questions with us parents. What will life be like? Will she walk or talk? Will she play like other kids? Will she understand what I am saying to her? Will she graduate from high school? What about prom and college and marriage? Will she live on her own or with us forever? And what happens when we are old and gone?
But aside from all these questions, this one also runs through our heads all the time...will she be included and accepted by her peers???
The last two years Bailee was in preschool with other special needs kids. They all got along and didn't seem to even notice differences, but this year she started kindergarten, and she is the only special needs kid in her entire class of 19!!! I feared the worst, and after only a few days of school, realized my fears were simply that, just fears. Bailee is so accepted and loved in her class, not only by the adults, but all her classmates too! They love to help Bailee with her reading, sit with her, play Legos with her, eat lunch with her...its amazing, and such a relief!!!
This weekend is a birthday party of one of her friends. Although I am nervous about going to Chuck E Cheese for the first time, especially with all those games and rides and a non-mobile little girl, I am so happy she is included!!!
I asked Bailee's aide what her classmate might like for a little birthday gift, and she said that Bailee coming would probably be the best gift ever for her!
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