Preschool

What?  No way Gabe is old enough for this!  Well, kind of she isn't.  She's only 3!  But most moms of kids her age were sending their kids.  I was starting to think I was the crazy one to wait another year before I put her in preschool but I didn't really care if I was.  School started here a couple of weeks ago and all of a sudden Gabe started begging me to go!  One Monday morning she was in a dither because I would not take her.  So I decided it couldn't hurt to look around and see if I could find something very minimal for a three year old.  This was my first mistake!  I just should have been firm and told her no, she could wait until next year.  But I looked anyway.  Then came mistake number two, I took her with me to check one out.  She fell in love!  And I really was impressed with this little school.  It's one of those that are just in someone's house only it's not in the basement so I felt better about that.  I like that there was no pressure on her to master ABC's this year or start reading but they try to get them interested and then teach them when and if they do show interest.  They have fun activities and even learn a little sign language.  I know preschool is a good thing and that she'll have a great time but does she really need two years?  I don't think so!  I agreed to let her try it for a month knowing full well that she'll love it and not want to stop at just a month. So ready or not, we got ready for school today!  I was holding it together pretty well until I was getting her dressed and she gave me a huge hug.  Lost it!  I didn't want her to see me cry so I fought those tears pretty hard!  I cried on the way there and then was able to dry up and get her through the door without her seeing a tear.  Wow that was hard!  And that was only preschool!  So I'm hoping I'll get over myself thinking two years is so not necessary and just try to enjoy it with her.  We'll see!