Our monumental year of events just keeps going! This August- August 10 to be exact- Morgan started kindergarten. Morgan has known she was going to her "big girl school" for awhile. We drive by it almost every day so she has been pretty excited. She actually was confused why she didn't get to go to her new school the day she turned five. We probably should have explained a little better, because we did tell her she got to go to her new school when she was 5- we just didn't say how long she would be five before she went.
So she was pretty excited when we started picking out her supplies. Greg ordered her a new backpack- which of course had to be pink. And we got her a Hello Kitty lunchbox and thermos and a couple of notebooks. Then the day came that she got a postcard from her new teacher. After that we found out that Lauren the girl who lives across the street was in Morgan's class too!
Morgan was pretty excited about starting school until we went to the pediatrician. The poor girl had to get three booster shots. She was less then happy, but we celebrated the appointment with Dairy Queen which is conveniently right across the street from the pediatrician's office.
Greg and I attended Kindergarten back to school night and got to meet her teacher and hear about the curriculum. Greg was pretty surprised that there is homework in kindergarten! And we found out that two of Morgan's old classmates from daycare were in her new class. The Sunday before school started the elementary school had a back to school carnival so Morgan got to go see her class, meet her teacher, eat some yummy carnival food and play on the playground. All that was left was the task of actually putting her on the bus!
School started on Tuesday so I stayed home late that morning so I could watcher her leave on the bus. She picked out her outfit, ate breakfast and then we patiently waited until 7:50 for the bus to pull up outside. Lucky for us the bus stop is right out in front of our house!
Finally the bus came down the street and Morgan was so excited she wanted to run the half block just to get to it. We forced her to stay put and when the bus driver got to our stop she opened the door and introduced herself to the Morgan and Lauren (who lives across the street). The older kids that pick up the bus at our stop were so nice and let the girls go first.
Both Morgan and Lauren had assigned seats and Morgan plopped herself right down and was ready to go. Once she drove away I packed up Elizabeth so we could go on about our day. Poor Elizabeth has struggled the most with this transition. The first day she didn't understand why she couldn't ride the bus, and when it was time to go to daycare she wanted to know where Morgan was.
Elizabeth does really like riding with mommy in the morning all by herself, but once she gets to school she isn't excited and cries pretty much every time I drop her off. It probably didn't help matters that Elizabeth switched her daycare class the day before Morgan went to kindergarten. So now Elizabeth cries every morning....the good news is that she has a blast during the day!
Since Morgan gets out of school around 2:30 we decided to try having her take the bus home since Greg works at home. Her first day he was able to get a picture of her existing the bus after her long hard day!
He gets her ready in the morning and waits with her at the bus while I leave earlier to take Elizabeth. Then he meets her at the bus stop in the afternoon. Since he has to work for a little while longer, Morgan gets to chill out upstairs and watch her cartoons. Then when Elizabeth and I get home she comes downstairs and tells me all about her day. So far our new schedule is working out great!
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