KINDERGARTEN

Here's Aidan on the first day of kindergarten. Isn't he adorable? All smiles and ready for the new independent challenge. The school bus is the first big adventure of going to kindergarten. For two years Aidan has watched the school bus drive by wondering when it would be his turn. That day finally arrived. Attached to the orange ribbon was a tag that flagged Aidan as a kindergartner to the bus driver.

Aidan picked our his own outfit. He also made sure to wear the friendship bracelet our sitter made for him. Thanks Michelle.

Ethan who started preschool one week later was having a dry run of our morning routine. Ethan loves to hold something in his hand from home when we leaves home. Its such a three year old thing to do.

Apart of our succecssful morning routine is to allow the boys time to do what they need to do before heading off to the bus stop:

patience while getting dressed,

eating a healthy breakfast

and they always need time to play.

People always say Aidan looks more like me.

This picture is proof he has a good mix of Kyle too.

PJ (fellow classmate) and Joey (4th greader)

also share the bus stop with Aidan.

When the bus came Aidan got in line to hop on.

He never looked back.

When the bus pulled away their was a moment of silence that fell on those of us standing by the stop sign. The sun blazed right into our eyes. We all squinted to stay in focus. The expression on Ethan's face was confussion of being left behind. I was sad for him.