First day of School - Beau is in the 1st grade!

Well, another milestone was reached today by Beau. He rode the bus to first grade! It was a great and fun day for him and he was quite the big boy!!

We had already met the teacher and took his supplies to school last Tuesday, so it was nice to have that out of the way. So Sunday night we talked about his daily routine that his teacher had given us when we met her. After reading it to him, his comment was, "I really think I am going to like 1st grade more than Kindergarten. I really like this new routine." Well, he liked the 3 recess routine I think the most, but whatever gets him excited........

He woke up on his own this morning, bright and early. He was ready to start his day. We got around, snapped a few pictures outside and jumped in the car. His bus was planning on being at the school for the first pick up of the day at 7:40, so it was no day to be late!

We had a lot of stuff to take in because Brenley also moved up to a new room so she had her own school supplies to bring. We got Beau dropped off in his "staging" room, got Brenley settled into her new room, and then we waited for the glorious yellow school bus to arrive.

And sure enough.......right on time, here it came. To make sure they had the right kids on the right bus, one of our administrator's was there to read off the names and one by one they got on the bus. And a few got off the bus - oops, wrong bus. But Beau did so great. He marched right on. No tears, big smiles, and one wave good-bye as he was squished in the middle of his friends Ben and Reid.

Now, what I haven't talked about is my feelings about this whole thing. I have been quite a wreck. My stomach was churning last night, I was so anxious this morning, and I boo hoo'd after that bus drove off. I cried all the way to work. Just hard knowing that he isn't a little boy anymore. Mama can't do everything for him. It will be up to him to make a lot of his own (and hopefully good) choices. He is growing up and I'm trying to keep up. I know he is ready for this next step and I guess I am too (although I am kicking and dragging my feet a little bit). But as far as he is concerned, his parents couldn't be prouder of him.

So off we both went in the rain. Thankfully the rain didn't start until after he loaded the bus and then it stopped mid morning as all I kept thinking was.........oh no, he won't get his 3 recesses in with this rain!

Both Brian and I couldn't wait for our day to be over. In fact, we both left work early. Beau's school doesn't dismiss until 3:58, so we weren't sure what time that put him back at Northridge, but we got there around 4:45 and he was just finishing up snack with his new Latchkey friends. He was ready to go home with us. So we got sister and went home to hear all his new and fun stories......until the next milestone, I suppose. Sniff Sniff