The Kouril Corral

The first day of school is here! The issue of letting him ride the bus in the mornings was a tough one, but was made much easier when we found out that Mr. Gibson is Dawson's bus driver. Mr. Gibson was my high school English teacher, and is known to most as "Coach Gibson". He has retired from teaching and asked if he could drive a bus this year. The younger kids will sit at the front and the older ones at the back, so I'm sure he will watch out for them! Dawson and Noah, his best friend and neighbor, will be together on the bus and they are in the same class, so he won't be alone. I didn't get a chance to get many pics at home so I met the school bus at school to get some "gotta have" first day of school pics.
You have to enlarge this picture below to see Dawson's true expression! "Mom, enough with the pictures, can I puh-lease just go in to school now???"

Many of the other parents walked their child into the school. I think Dawson was heartbroken that I didn't walk him into school- can't you tell! There were no tears shed by either of us, it's hard to get upset when he's that excited to go!