First day of school! Paris got off to a great start this morning!
Looking good and ready to go! This is no small task, folks. In addition to the normal stresses of the first day, we’re dealing with this –
Tropical Storm Fay wants to become Hurricane Fay tomorrow. That ‘H’ you see right between 2 AM Tue and Tue AM Wed is Hurricane Fay hitting the Sarasota Bay at about 2 PM. That puts us smack dab in the middle of it.
But fear not! Paris had other things on her mind this morning. How’s a kid supposed to lug this backpack?
Last minute reassurances from Mommy –
And then…the bus!
For the record, Karen and I zipped out right after the bus and drove up to Paris’ school. We dropped off her supplies, and we wanted to make sure she got from the bus to her classroom okay. Her school combines an Elementary school and a Middle School — it’s huge. It’s also laid out like a campus — lots of buildings as opposed to one big one. We practiced eight times over the weekend so Paris could find her room from anywhere on the campus. In the end, she needed a little help from an aide…with hundreds of kids piling off buses, it got tough for her to spot her landmarks! She met us in her classroom with a smile.
We’ll keep everyone posted on weather issues. Paris is unlikely to have school tomorrow or Wednesday — the schools are used as hurricane shelters. We may not have snow days, but we do have hurricane days!