My son is such a goof. He has a great smile, but getting him to give you one on command is a whole different story.
The "wierdest" thing was waiting at the bus stop. Our corner is the bus stop for all the neighborhood children. But, since Alex is in special ed - he gets "door to door" transportation, meaning a special bus with an aide that gets him at the end of our driveway. In the past he went to a different school (not the "home" school) than the children in our neighborhood. Because his school was on a different schedule he waited inside and it didn't overlap at all with the other busses and waiting kids. But, this year he is in a "new" school for him, that happens to be our home school. So - we were waiting for his bus at the same time the big group of kids all waiting for their bus. I guess, it hit me hard to be waiting there and trying to be so excited for him going to 3rd grade when there are kids around his age also waiting and they are all taking the "regular' bus. Still, after all these years - moments like this still give me a lump in my throat.
The bus was much later than anticipated. We waited and waited. I wanted the bus to hurry up and get there - I didn't like that feeling.
As it was, I had to leave my silly big guy behind with his Dad and take his little sister off to preschool so she wouldn't be late for her first day.
Thankfully, I still got the obligatory "getting on the bus" picture via Daddy's blackberry.
And off he went!
We are looking forward to a great year with a new teacher and new school, but many "old" friends. Exciting stuff ahead, I'm sure!
2 comments:
Best wishes for a great school year!
Nice pics. We have never done the pictures on first day of school, maybe since it was just around the corner for many of those yrs.
I got out the flip to try to take one of Matt tomorrow.
I see that Alex has a Wall-E backpack. Nifty!
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