So I didn't follow the bus...

... but I tried to be there when it got to school. I was pretty nervous about this whole bus thing. Tyler could hardly contain his excitement when it showed up to take him to school today. But I calmly walked away and went home to wait until I thought it'd be at school. My plan was to watch from afar and make sure he ended up in the right place. But unfortunately, the bus beat me to school by a couple minutes so he was already on the playground. With about 500 other kids. Ugh. And did I dress him in neon orange so he'd be easy to spot? Of course I didn't. So I could not find him. But didn't he look so handsome?

So I kept getting closer and closer and walking around the playground trying to find him and finally! There he was! He wasn't playing like I thought he was but instead, my good little boy was trying to find his teacher like I told him to. He looked so lost that I couldn't resist letting him know I was there (which I hadn't planned on doing! I was just going to watch and make sure he was Ok and NOT interfere). But I couldn't help myself. A look of relief washed over his face as he said "I can't find my teacher, Mom". I sent him over to play as it wasn't quite time to line up anyway and asked the nearest authoritative looking figure to tell me where the first graders lined up. Thank goddess I asked because the 1st graders line up on a whole other side of the building than I thought! We'd had no clue!

By the time the bell rang, about 5 other 1st graders had assembled with us who also did not know where to go. So we marched over, gathering 1st graders as we went and finally found the right spot to line up. I was very glad I went at this point as there were not a lot of other mothers out there (and there aren't that many teachers to direct all those kids!).

So I went to work, mission accomplished, swearing to myself that tomorrow I will just watch and NOT interfere. Now that he knows where to go, hopefully that won't be a problem.

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After work came a whole other worry... would he get on the right bus? Would he get off at the right place? Gavin and I waited an eternity for the bus to show up... at least 15 minutes... but finally it came! I have never been happier to see a school bus in my life! Even better was my little boy sticking his head out the window with a big grin on his face. He made it! Hooray!

Maybe the bus won't be so bad after all...

Overall he had a great day at school. He ate *almost* all his lunch and didn't eat his cookie first. :) He loved playing outside for recess and even got two "you rock" tickets for being a good listener and putting his lunch bag in the right spot. Hopefully the rest of his year will go as well...