Well, today’s the day. The first day of school. *sigh*
They are both gone. So, the morning went fine. Pookie figured out that going to school today meant that he could not stay home and play, so he did (out of the blue) tell me that he was not going today. But as we kept getting ready, he changed his mind. He has been hooked on 2 hard-cover “I Spy” books recently. We let him take them on the bus today. His ride is so long and he had that trouble last year with staying in his seat. His bus came at 7:10am. Early, but not too bad for a boy that gets up at 5:45 every day, no matter what.

Then we had an hour or so before we had to be at the neighborhood bus stop for Geetle’s bus. She picked out a green Tinkerbell T-shirt to wear today, and her “fast” running shoes. We walked down and she was fine. She only got worried when the other kids started climbing on the bus and she realized that she did not know where to sit. They had assigned seats on her preschool bus, so it was a valid question. I told her she could sit anywhere and not to worry about that there were no seatbelts. At the last second, a 3rd grade neighborhood girl said she would help her. She found a seat and waved to us out the window. This girl, by the way, is Geetle’s May-December friend. She is in 3rd grade (age 8, Geetle is 5), but when she sees us on the lawn, she comes over to play babies with Geetle. They get along well, although Geetle does not always understand the games she makes up.

So, now I work until 11am, when Giggles and I go back to the bus stop to get Geetle. They we have lunch. Then Pookie’s bus comes back (to our front door) at 2ish. Woo. What a day!