Monday, August 29, 2005
Day 1 of the big "K"
Our morning started out super! Up, dressed, teeth brushed, breakfast, shoes, lunch packed, back pack on, pictures and video taken...we're off! After posing for a pic with my boy, the bus driver, "Smitty", was off....as were Avery and I. I threw her into the van with tears streaming down my face into the front seat and said, "hurry and buckle!". Half way down the road I am realizing that my baby is in the front seat and the kid I'm in "HOT PURSUIT" after has no seat belt at all...so I start laughing through the tears. It was a Crankshaft comic come to life. I even followed the bus down a dead end road, which I did not know at the time, and had to turn around. When he dropped Preston off in the afternoon, following what I will be calling "the longest 3 1/2 hrs of my entire life", he said to me that he "thought for a minute that he had a stalker this morning."
When we got to the school, there was enough time for me to park and race across dragging my daughter to the bus door. When their bus pulled up you could hear the reverberating sounds of campfire cadence songs. "I don't know, but I've been told..." Smitty was leading the group....a booming baritone, "all the kindergarteners in the back say OH YEAH!" A chorus of "OH YEAH'S" came out of the bus just before you saw the first of the chillens getting out. Totally crazy and soooo Preston. He was positively beaming upon arrival at school. He went in like a pro. Put his bag away, found his name, and began working on the paper that was waiting for him. He looked up and said, "bye Mom, I love you, and I've got my listening ears on." And that was that.
Now after we left is when my day gets a little fuzzy. We went to Lancaster to get product for some color I'm doing tomorrow, we had breakfast, and spent some time with Nana. I spoke to so many friends and family. It's all so exciting...so many changes..I feel like this morning was a week ago. I didn't finish a complete sentence all day until my school boy got home. I'm sorry if I missed any of your calls, I'm trying to account blow by blow so as to not forget anyone or anything.
Mike got home 5 minuted before the bus. So there we stood, Daddy, Mommy, Avery, and Dingo, video camera in hand to greet our beloved. He was grinning from ear to ear when he got off that bus. I was then accused in a very kind way of being a stalker....and how far is that from the truth??!! Preston proceeded to say that he was happy to ride the bus twice and he was starved. And that about wraps up what he will say about school.
Must find clever way to pump info........
He came straight into the house, took off all of his clothes except the unders, and curled up on the couch on a pillow. He was so tired he could hardly speak.......alarming, isn't it??? He perked up after the dinner had some time to kick in. He even went and took a warm bath all alone just to relax. He totally needed some down time...who is this child and what have you done with my son???!!
Overall, he had a great day. The evening slipped by so quickly....it was bed time before we knew it. The afternoon was so long.....Avery asked several times when Preston would be coming home. Sad for her. We danced and watched Cinderella II. Tomorrow the hellish part of my day will be taken up with some color. Yea! Keeping busy will be a must for a bit until we adjust.
Hey Mel, do you want to color you this Thursday? I'll double check my 16 calenders, but I think it's ok on this end.
Preston has decided to buy a tray tomorrow because they are having french toast and sausage. Why did I buy $30 in lunch box food??? Oh well, here's to hoping that he can carry his own plate as I have handed the little prince his plate since he was old enough to eat solids (which was ridiculously late in his little life because of my fears of choking). Maybe we should've let the little rugrats carry their own food at the buffet lines. Or at least we should have lunched at the MCL so that they'd know what to do.
I'm drained. I'm going to bed. Love you all.
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When we got to the school, there was enough time for me to park and race across dragging my daughter to the bus door. When their bus pulled up you could hear the reverberating sounds of campfire cadence songs. "I don't know, but I've been told..." Smitty was leading the group....a booming baritone, "all the kindergarteners in the back say OH YEAH!" A chorus of "OH YEAH'S" came out of the bus just before you saw the first of the chillens getting out. Totally crazy and soooo Preston. He was positively beaming upon arrival at school. He went in like a pro. Put his bag away, found his name, and began working on the paper that was waiting for him. He looked up and said, "bye Mom, I love you, and I've got my listening ears on." And that was that.
Now after we left is when my day gets a little fuzzy. We went to Lancaster to get product for some color I'm doing tomorrow, we had breakfast, and spent some time with Nana. I spoke to so many friends and family. It's all so exciting...so many changes..I feel like this morning was a week ago. I didn't finish a complete sentence all day until my school boy got home. I'm sorry if I missed any of your calls, I'm trying to account blow by blow so as to not forget anyone or anything.
Mike got home 5 minuted before the bus. So there we stood, Daddy, Mommy, Avery, and Dingo, video camera in hand to greet our beloved. He was grinning from ear to ear when he got off that bus. I was then accused in a very kind way of being a stalker....and how far is that from the truth??!! Preston proceeded to say that he was happy to ride the bus twice and he was starved. And that about wraps up what he will say about school.
Must find clever way to pump info........
He came straight into the house, took off all of his clothes except the unders, and curled up on the couch on a pillow. He was so tired he could hardly speak.......alarming, isn't it??? He perked up after the dinner had some time to kick in. He even went and took a warm bath all alone just to relax. He totally needed some down time...who is this child and what have you done with my son???!!
Overall, he had a great day. The evening slipped by so quickly....it was bed time before we knew it. The afternoon was so long.....Avery asked several times when Preston would be coming home. Sad for her. We danced and watched Cinderella II. Tomorrow the hellish part of my day will be taken up with some color. Yea! Keeping busy will be a must for a bit until we adjust.
Hey Mel, do you want to color you this Thursday? I'll double check my 16 calenders, but I think it's ok on this end.
Preston has decided to buy a tray tomorrow because they are having french toast and sausage. Why did I buy $30 in lunch box food??? Oh well, here's to hoping that he can carry his own plate as I have handed the little prince his plate since he was old enough to eat solids (which was ridiculously late in his little life because of my fears of choking). Maybe we should've let the little rugrats carry their own food at the buffet lines. Or at least we should have lunched at the MCL so that they'd know what to do.
I'm drained. I'm going to bed. Love you all.
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