Mr. Independent

Well, my job as far as helping S1 get onto the bus in the mornings has been reduced to simply unlocking the top lock on the door and occasionally helping S1 turn the handle. It used to be I would have to walk behind him to the bus and give them his backpack. But now S1 is such a big boy that he wears his backpack and so I just stand in the door as he goes down the porch steps, across the lawn and steps up into the bus. He's very good about waiting for the bus to stop (he gauges this by the sound the air makes when the brakes release)and then taking off towards the bus. If he goes outside before the bus comes, he will sit and play in the gravel and once it has stopped, he'll stand up and run to the bus door. Good thing S1 likes school!