Second Day Smiles??

Both Marian and Aidan arrived home in smiles yesterday, so the first day went pretty well despite the bumpy start. Marian rode the bus home yesterday and it finally showed up 40 minutes after school got out. Considering we live less than 1/2 mile from the school, that took a long time. Hoping it goes a little bit faster today.

They were both excited to ride the bus to school today, rain or shine. Now I'm just hoping they got to the right places once they got to school! And that the school can figure out what bus to put Aidan on in the afternoon b/c after calling, emailing and talking to the morning bus driver, I still haven't heard from Transportation about what bus he'll take in the afternoon and what time he'll be dropped off.

First Day Blues

First day of school had a rough start. Tears from Marian when she learned that she wasn't going to be riding the bus today, because Mom and Dad actually wanted to see her off to 4th grade.

Aidan was fine until we went into the room, and it was a little chaotic b/c our orientation last week really wasn't much of one b/c they were having to add a class that day, so the class lists were needing to be rearranged. So we didn't get to meet the exact teacher and explore the room beforehand. I think he would have been fine if (1) he'd gotten to sit NEXT to his friend in the class and (2) the 3 little girls who were crying were NOT standing with their parents right next to his assigned seat.

Tears were flowing from him and me when I left, although I don't think he saw me crying. Hopefully he had a good day, because tomorrow morning they are supposed to start riding the bus. If today didn't go well, I don't see him having any incentive for getting on the bus in the morning. Fingers crossed...

Movin', movin', movin'...

We are in the midst of moving to the new house. Just had to share this photo of Brennan "helping" with the packing.