Second Day of School

Some of the kids at our bus stop. As you can see it was windy and chilly this morning. A shock to the system after our hot summer.
There she goes!
Getting off the bus after school.
REUNITED!

I promise not to write a post for every single day of the school year. However, this was the first day for her to ride the bus so of course it has to be documented. Taking her to school yesterday was one thing, but actually watching the bus pull away was a lot harder. Audrey really wanted to take the bus and we have 8 Kindergarten kids in our sub all of whom are taking the bus so I wasn't going to hold her back. The Kindergarteners must sit in the front of the bus. That makes me feel better. At least she won't be involved with any 4th and 5th grade shenanigans. Also, next year I will probably be driving her since our area is getting redistricted to a crap school so I will be forced to do school of choice. No bussing is offered to school of choice kids so I figured I'd better take advantage of my one year for the bus.

The strange thing about the bus is that it all happens so fast. The bus driver quickly pulls up, opens the door while the bus is still moving, the kids basically run on the bus with excitement, she closes the door and quickly pulls away. I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me it happened so rapidly! By the time I got back up my driveway the bus was already to the front of my sub and she was gone. I wasn't the only one that was sad, Sawyer was as well. I'm not sure if it was that he missed Audrey or that he wanted to ride the bus too. I have a guess but I still like to think it was that he really missed Audrey! As you can see in the picture, he did give her a big hug when she got home.