Well, we managed to miss the bus this morning-not an easy thing to do when they are picking up your child AT YOUR HOUSE (and no, I don't mean a bus stop that happens to be at our house, they actually came to our house to pick him up).
The school secretary told me 8:00, same bus driver, aide on board. The bus showed up at 7:45, new driver/monitor and no aide. We aren't the type of folks to be ready early, so after oversleeping this morning (and having only been awake for 15 minutes), we hit the high gear and I tried to set a speed record for Z to be dressed. Mr just went and told the bus driver, sorry we thought it was 8:00, we'll drive him.
Anyway, Monster fell asleep without a problem last night (I was expecting a full out war) and seemed happy this morning. When I was getting him dressed because "the bus is here", he said "Camp", and when I said no camp, school, I got the customary "No school", but his heart wasn't in it. He was just testing boundaries. We got him medicated, washed, brushed and dressed (sorry, no pictures). When it was time to go outside, he didn't even detour to the swing or bubbles, just straight to the car and got in h is seat.
On the way to school, we asked him what he says when he gets to school and he responded "Good Morning, Miss V"-and we hadn't prompted him before this, he just remembered from last year! When we got there, his aide had us pull around the way the bus would (to get him into his routine somewhat, we had texted her about the bus kerfuffle) and let him out at the bus stop. He got right out (after putting his shoes back on), grabbed hold of V's arm and started rubbing his forehead on her arm-kind of like putting his scent on her Wink.
He seemed eager for his overly emotional, hovering mom to leave, so Mr and I said good bye and headed back home.
I told Mr I didn't think Monster would last past lunch; Mr thinks V can coax him to stay until the end of the day. I suspect Mr is right.
Not a bad beginning.
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