Teague...and the bus

Teague has adapted well to kindergarten. He brings home green smiley faces every day, he is learning to read, and they are doing some fun arts and crafts throughout the day. He talks about all his friends playing on the playground and in PE like they've been friends forever. I am glad they first week of screaming and crying at the drop off has now changed to smiles. There is only one little hiccup we keep having with him...the bus.

During the second week of school, Teague fell asleep on the bus and did not get off at the stop. By the time Troy, Koby, and Kelby got off and realized he was not coming too, the bus pulled away from the stop. They jumped in the pick up with Richard, and they had to chase the bus to the next stop to get Teague off. We told the older boys to make sure Teague is awake when they get to the stop so this wouldn't happen again.

Then, a few Fridays later, the elementary school is bussed to the high school to attend the pep rally's. Teague decided that he did not want to ride the bus home, he wanted to be a car rider with his friends.  So, again, all the boys got off the bus except Teague. When asked "Where is Teague?" The boys said he never was on the bus with us. So once the school figured out there was no car coming to pick up Teague, they called Richard's dad to come and get him. We had to explain to him that you cannot be a car rider just because you want to be!

And then yesterday, all the boys rode the bus to the new house... except Teague. Richard had called the school to make sure all the teachers knew the boys would ride the new bus, but I guess Teague's teacher did not get that message. We tried to contact Richard's mom fast enough to have her at that bus stop to get him, but we were too slow. So Teague had to ride the whole bus route and come back to the school close to 5 PM for Richard to pick him up. This time it really wasn't his fault, but it is still funny that Teague can have so many bus shenanigans after only six weeks of school. I am thankful that he is so social and resilient and has never been scared or upset with any of the mishaps. He just goes with the flow and knows someone will get him wherever he ends up.