And on the school bus theme today.... another little 'diddy':
Lily woke up this morning already crying, "I don't wanna go to school!" All hour & ten minutes together before my precious baby heads to school was filled with more, "I don't wanna go to school!"
C'mon! You are only in KINDERGARTEN darling! Lot's of time to decide that school is lame & boring! You don't have to be an overachiever & figure this out the second week into your school experience! You have 13 years to figure that out - be like your sisters! Be SLOW to figure that out! Okay... I realize that could be taken the wrong way....
So, needless to say, I decided to put her on the school bus today (she is the last stop before school - less than 5 minutes on the bus) in the hopes that she would enjoy her little friends & arrive at school ready to BE at school. So, instead of walking to the bus stop - we drove the car & sat & played in the car while we waited for the bus.
Lily giggled - good sign. Lily laughed - good sign! Lily made jokes - GOOD sign!! Success?
OF COURSE NOT!!!!!
The bus pulls up, opens the door - Lily starts to try to jump back into the car & as she is trying to scale the door, I grab her by the backpack & spin her around - she tries to scale my legs w/ her Spiderwoman finesse & gets a death grip on my clothing as I spin her back around & CARRY her to the waiting bus - with my clothes twisted tightly around my torso - full of huge, gaping mouths & stunned eyes of young children. The Bus Driver just smiling & chuckling as I take huge steps to make the distance to the bus's door shorter & less painful (for me - in Lily's death grip)! I literally PEEL her off of my clothing, nearly hurl her up to the 3rd step (there are only 4!) of the bus... as I recoil my arms, her long, gangly tentacles reach back out & snag my arms & neck! I again, peel her off & set her on the TOP step of the bus, still pushing & shoving her in - as I try to lovingly & CALMLY say, "I love you, Lily! Have a great day!" Finally, I pull my arms out quickly & the bus driver slams the door to keep his victim safely inside....
I wave stoically as I retreat to my car - in front of a line-up of school buses, cars & work trucks all watching & enjoying this loving mother ship her tiny kid off to boarding school (or so it felt!)! I round the back of my car, enter the driver's door & BURST into tears as I watch the school bus pull away. I hope her day will be better than mine! Mother-guilt is like cancer to the soul!
Lily woke up this morning already crying, "I don't wanna go to school!" All hour & ten minutes together before my precious baby heads to school was filled with more, "I don't wanna go to school!"
C'mon! You are only in KINDERGARTEN darling! Lot's of time to decide that school is lame & boring! You don't have to be an overachiever & figure this out the second week into your school experience! You have 13 years to figure that out - be like your sisters! Be SLOW to figure that out! Okay... I realize that could be taken the wrong way....
So, needless to say, I decided to put her on the school bus today (she is the last stop before school - less than 5 minutes on the bus) in the hopes that she would enjoy her little friends & arrive at school ready to BE at school. So, instead of walking to the bus stop - we drove the car & sat & played in the car while we waited for the bus.
Lily giggled - good sign. Lily laughed - good sign! Lily made jokes - GOOD sign!! Success?
OF COURSE NOT!!!!!
The bus pulls up, opens the door - Lily starts to try to jump back into the car & as she is trying to scale the door, I grab her by the backpack & spin her around - she tries to scale my legs w/ her Spiderwoman finesse & gets a death grip on my clothing as I spin her back around & CARRY her to the waiting bus - with my clothes twisted tightly around my torso - full of huge, gaping mouths & stunned eyes of young children. The Bus Driver just smiling & chuckling as I take huge steps to make the distance to the bus's door shorter & less painful (for me - in Lily's death grip)! I literally PEEL her off of my clothing, nearly hurl her up to the 3rd step (there are only 4!) of the bus... as I recoil my arms, her long, gangly tentacles reach back out & snag my arms & neck! I again, peel her off & set her on the TOP step of the bus, still pushing & shoving her in - as I try to lovingly & CALMLY say, "I love you, Lily! Have a great day!" Finally, I pull my arms out quickly & the bus driver slams the door to keep his victim safely inside....
I wave stoically as I retreat to my car - in front of a line-up of school buses, cars & work trucks all watching & enjoying this loving mother ship her tiny kid off to boarding school (or so it felt!)! I round the back of my car, enter the driver's door & BURST into tears as I watch the school bus pull away. I hope her day will be better than mine! Mother-guilt is like cancer to the soul!
3 comments:
Oh man that STINKS!! I hope she ends up loving it!
Gosh that sucks!!! Hope it gets better for her and YOU! Kade has done okay so far in that way going to Kindergarten. I expected more like Lily... BTW I have your chocolate zucchini bread recipe backing in my oven as we speak... Can't wait.. sounded SOOO yummy!!! Thanks!
PS. How is your families health doing?
WOW!! That must have been painful...for YOU! But you stood your ground!!! Way to go.I'm sure Lily is better now...just some little first day anxiety...I hope.
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