Daily Diary – August 25 2010

A dragon fish. Aren’t they exquisite?

Today was the first day David was scheduled to take the school bus. So we walked him to the bus station in the morning and chatted while we waited. David walked around and enjoyed the morning weather.

He was quite happy.

We started to get worried cause there were no other parents there but about two minutes after scheduled time, the bus showed up and David got on and he was super-excited. He said hi to the bus driver (who’s awesome by the way!) and he thanked us so much for letting him take the bus! The driver buckled him in and they were on their way!

Once he was gone, we walked back home and I packed up for the morning meeting I had at his school (I am his class’s head room parent.) I brought a bunch of food, some legos and some water for the little boy. The meeting was scheduled for two hours and ended up taking over three hours. Nathaniel was pure joy most of the time. Towards the end, he got grouchy (by this point we would normally have been two hours into his nap!) but I held him and he was pretty awesome to be honest.

Then we came home, he took his nap while I worked and by the time he woke up and ate food, it was time to pick up David. We all walked to the stop and waited for some time. Nathaniel spent this time making some of his many faces. Like this one.

Or this one.

And screamed.

And then gave us the “please pick this up for me” look. He gives this look a bunch of times a day.

Then he laughed.

And finally the awesome smile!

We show up ten minutes early for David’s bus. So we waited for some time since they were also ten minutes late today. I was getting anxious, I have to admit. But the bus came, David came off of it and he was super happy. He said he had another fantastic day! Tomorrow I go to volunteer in his class, then get to meet with his teacher and then go back for back to school night. And then things should quiet down a bit. Or so I hope. I am hoping, guessing, praying that the next ten days or so will find us settling into our routine, finding our new normal and my anxiety will dissipate day by day.

I hope so!

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that David loved the bus. Yey for the bus!
2. I am grateful that Nathaniel did so well through the meeting and I didn’t have to leave the room but once.
3. I am grateful that I get to volunteer in David’s class tomorrow!

Two Things David’s Grateful For:
1. riding the school bus.
2. my batman backpack.
3. daddy.
4. kindergarten.