We finally got everything worked out with the district and the boys rode the bus for the first time yesterday. Charlie had to change buses from his normal bus (K-5th graders and his best bud Andrew) to the preschool bus with Finn and 7 other pre-schoolers. He was not thrilled about the idea, but he conceded b/c he is a good boy! The bus not only comes right to the house, but it comes 15 minutes later in the a.m. and 25 minutes earlier in the p.m. It is awesome! I can get the boys on the bus and the babies just hang out in their exersaucers! It seemed like a Herculean effort to get this bus stop changed, but I can't tell you what a Godsend it is!
Finn has been looking forward to the bus since day 1! I got on with them yesterday to see where they would sit and square Charlie away. The aide helped Finn get in his seat. After saying good bye to Charlie, I went to take a picture of Finn and he said “What the heck!?” He wanted to be rid of me and my minivan! As I was getting off, I heard Finn say “Does this bus go fast?” The driver said, “Do you want it to?” And Finn said “NO!” The driver said, “Ok, we’ll drive medium.” The driver and the aide both couldn’t be nicer! She has pictures of each child by their seat so that they can find it when they get on. She also said that they sing songs while they drive to make it fun. I’m sure Charlie, once he gets over missing Andrew, will be singing right along!
I asked Finn’s teacher how he did and she said it went so well she almost forgot it was his first day! Hooray!
And, yes, this day was sponsored by The Gap!
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