When the school year started this year, I had ZERO intentions of sending Katelynn on the schoolbus this year. It's just too darn scary for me... or at least I thought so. I know plenty of people use the school bus, but I just don't feel like it's as safe as it used to be. I have a very hard time trusting people to drive my children around in a vehicle and that's even people I know. The thought of a stranger driving my oldest child on a bus with no seatbelt.. well, it's a hard concept for me. Even now that we have done it, it's still scary to me.
That being said, I was talked into giving in and letting Katelynn ride the bus. Her friend from school that we discovered lives in our neighborhood rides the bus, and ever since Katelynn discovered that, she has been begging to ride. That with the 45-minute wait my boys had to suffer through each day in the carpool line for pickup were enough to convince me to finally give it a try. It's still not my favorite option, but the kids are all loving it so I guess we'll give it a try for now.
Today was the first day, and Justin just might have been more excited than Katelynn about her riding the bus. Her bus comes at 3:45 pm and Justin was sitting by the garage door equipped with Katelynn's favorite doll and a bag with a treat for her at 2:00 pm. It took a lot of convincing to get him to understand that he might as well play for a while longer before we head to the bus stop!
Somehow Katelynn skipped being 6-years old and she has went straight to being 16. She was less than happy that I was at the bus stop waiting for her when she arrived home. She wants to be able to walk home by herself. And of course I made it just a tiny bit worse by having my camera by my side to snap a picture of her very first bus ride!
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