Top Ten Reasons to send your child to preschool:

10. Gradutions and Pageants: because we all love to watch our little ones perform, even if our child happens to be the only one picking his or her nose, it's just so much cuter when caught on camera in front of a crowd!

9. Crafts! A kitchen isn't a complete without a fridge full of hand-splattered art. If you ask your child "what is that?" on Monday, it could be an elephant. On Tuesday, it's a picture of you!

8. Silly Songs that get stuck in your head...and never, ever leave.

7. Hearing about the "naughty kid" that got in trouble today just gives you that moment to go, "whew, at least it wasn't us today." And then celebrate...with ice cream!

6. Getting to listen to your son or daughter as they practice counting as high as they can go...over and over and over and over and over...

5. Bringing home keepsakes like macaroni ornaments and handprint art that will stay with you forever...and then you can use them to embarass their future first dates...

4. Learning new science terms from your preschoolers point of view that you didn't even know existed like, "Static Electripity" and "knock-knock animals" that are more active at night than the daytime.

3. That beautiful moment when their inquisitive minds take off...they start asking questions like "Mommy, we talked about baby animals today in school...how did I get inside your belly?"

2. Exploring relationships and stretching our social skills. This may also mean that everything you tell your children in the confidence of your home just might be getting shared in class..."When daddy dropped the hammer yesterday on his foot, he said S@*T!!!!!

1. The smiles and the hugs that we get from our enthusiastic children as they come barreling out the door to greet us when the school day is done. There really is nothing like the hug from a child that missed you...or the three hours to relax alone by yourself and take a deep breath before turning around and picking them back up again!