He's a bus rider, against all of my early wishes. He LOVES it. And it's so much better for Mommy and the girls. He gets on at 7:15 and off at 2:36, both when Chloe is asleep [and Abs too in the morning]. Carline is crazy, I've heard anything from 30-40 mins to closer to an hour. Trying to do that with two sleepy girls twice a day would likely have just pushed me right on over the edge. He was sooo excited to get on the bus, so we went with it.
Over the weekend we stocked up on school supplies. Grandma and Grandpa bought him shoes. We went to Target to pick out his new backpack. He got a haircut. Last night before bed, we read through the note Mrs. Sheffield had sent him, and he put some confetti under his bed to help him sleep better. I woke him at 6:45 this morning [gulp!]. He put on the new clothes that he and Daddy had picked out at Kohl's and drank some smoothie. We made him a lunch - peanut butter and jelly cut in a rectangle and two squares per his request, frozen grapes so hopefully they'd be the right temperature by lunch, veggie stix chips, and goldfish. Since he had to bring all his school supplies in today, his backpack was huge. He looked pretty small with that thing on his back. Daddy went in late this morning so he could see him off as well. The three of us walked outside about 7:10 to wait. The stop is only three houses up, close enough that we can see him off while leaving the girls inside. There were four other kids this morning, but there'll be lots more supposedly. There are two new families across the street, one has six kids, one has four. According to the mom who's driveway we were standing in, they'll all ride the bus in a couple of weeks. Ryan did great when the bus came, he crossed the street with the bigger kids and walked right on up. His friends, Anna Wynn and Sam, were both on the bus already. We can't piece together exactly what Ryan and Sam were saying, but we think they sat together, maybe with someone in between them. Ryan said Sam sat next to him but not on his seat and Sam said Ryan sat next to him with someone else.
Ryan's favorite part was riding the bus. He told that to everyone today :) He also ate lunch in the cafeteria, played in the field between the two playgrounds but not on the playground, sang in music class, colored pictures of the school rules. The only two names he knew were Tripp and Eli. 'A new Eli, not Eli from preschool, although I saw Eli from preschool in the hall and Eli saw me too and we waved, I also saw Claire from preschool but she didn't see me' [paraphrasing Ryan there]. He ate all his food which was good because what he didn't finish would have been thrown away so the bugs didn't get it [what?! not sure about that policy].
The bus dropoff is 2:36 so Abby and I headed out about 2:30. The bus was crazy late today, we walked back inside at 2:58. Yikes, I hope they figure out that kink tomorrow! The busdriver, Ms. Darlene I think it is, is supposed to be super nice and really great. She's driven our neighborhood for years and has a reputation for watching out for the kindergartners. I caught a glimpse of Ryan's head in the first row before he walked off, so that was good. And she won't let them off the bus until she sees the parents. We also found out today that he has to stand on the sidewalk until all the kids are off and the busdriver gives a thumbs-up that it's okay to cross the street.
Once he was inside, we looked at his papers and he had a quick snack and drink. I realized that he didn't know how to drink from his new thermos and he hadn't drank anything all day, yikes. So I showed him where to bite down :) He called Daddy and filled him in on his day. He also left messages for his grandmothers and talked to Grandpa. Then he and Abby relaxed in front of the TV for a few minutes. When Chloe woke up from her nap, we drove up to the school to take his picture in front of the sign. My hubby thought that was super goofy, but it made me happy! Since I didn't drive him in and get all the first day pictures, this made me feel better. As much as I wanted to walk him in today, I knew it wouldn't have been for the best. He was so excited about the bus, it would have taken us hours to get into that building, and the girls were still snoring. Plus there were no meltdowns at the bus stop [I was more worried about me than Ryan! yes, I did tear up as the bus pulled away].
All in all, great first day. Ryan loved it and is super excited to go back tomorrow. I am so proud of my little kindergartner!!! He's going to do great and learn so much. I love you Buddy, I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful first year of school!!
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