a new plan

So for the last month I've been planning this trip to Disney World. But now plans have changed. Instead of going to Disney World, guess who is starting school in August!?

We've decided to send Rachel to preschool.

Back in February/March (when you're supposed to enroll your child in preschool for the following fall) we decided not to send her next year for a variety of reasons. But last week I was watching my friend's two little girls for a few days and it became painfully obvious that Rachel doesn't know very much about playing with other kids. She tried, but was terribly disappointed when they didn't want to play what she wanted to play or do things her way (she's obviously an only child!), and it brought back a lot of bad memories of my own childhood and feelings of rejection, watching her be so disappointed. She kept coming over to me in tears saying, "Mommy, I want to play!" because she didn't know how to enter in to what they were doing.

So anyway, we revisited the preschool discussion and decided it would be a good idea for her. So instead of doing Disney, we enrolled her in school today. She's going to the small Christian school where I used to teach, which I LOVE. They didn't have an opening when I first called, so we were on the waiting list, but the next day they called and had a spot! I'm thrilled. Today when we went she got to see the classrooms and play a little bit, and loved every second. I'm fairly sure she'll be so excited for Tuesdays and Thursdays, come fall!