Well, as you all know how excited I was to see Jake ride the school bus for the first time and how every child is so excited when they finally get ready to ride the "big kid bus" we all know, we can all remember the day as if it was just yesterday. Along with that, we all remember how excited mommy was for Jake to get the best teacher.....who would appreciate my special notes on my personalized notepads. Who seemed very organized...as I did not want the teacher that had the messy classroom with the sandbox in the corner and sand all on the floor..... Okay then, now that we have all had our memory's in check I will begin the story:
Yesterday, I sent one of my lovely notes to the teacher stating that Jake would be riding the school bus the whole week, except for Wednesday, August 20th....He will attend Kids Club after class and his dad will pick him up before 4pm. The teacher sent a note home on the agenda that she did receive my note. Now little side track- Kids Club is at the school and is just a form of babysitting till parents can get there after work. I had him signed up for 3 days a week to attend. The other 2 days of the week he would ride the bus home. ( bus gets home at 2:20 so it wouldn't make sense to me to go over and pick him up and wait in the carpool line and not get home till after 2:30...right? Well, one would think anyway) Our air conditioning unit went out this past weekend and we were getting a new one installed today, my mom had a doctors visit on Thursday that she couldn't take Rex with her and Friday my dad was having surgery...so Beau was taking off on Thurs and Fri to stay home with Rex...so my mom said, I will just stay and watch Rex at your house. (she usually takes him to the farm) So everything was working out just fine. I told her Jake would be going to Kids Club after school I already sent a note and I would hate to send another one and get her confused....she said, okay that is fine he can stay at school. (little did I know that this was God watching over my family.) Today, the door bell rings and my front door is closed and mom looks up over the top (we have a little window) but she didnt see anyone.....then the door bell kept ringing and she went into our bedroom and couldnt see anything still. Then she heard someone kick the back door. (yes mom- glad you didn't have a heart attack!) She peeked out and the blinds were not completely down and she seen Jake's shoes! She ran to open the door....his face was all HOT and RED from ringing doorbells and running around to the back of the house....she asked him Jake you were suppose to go to kids club today, not ride the bus home.!!!!! He said, "The teacher told me to get on the bus, so I had to listen to the teacher." OMG was my exact words when mom called me! I was crying and all when I called the school....of course it was only 2:30 now and the lady in the office just appologized and what not, she got the teacher on the phone...she said, Oh my Jodee, I am so sorry...it was totally my fault! I just am so sorry. I had a BIG sticky on my calendar that Jake was going to Kids Club today and it was so hectic in the classroom today, I had another little boy who was crying and did not want to go to Kids Club and he was saying he hated it cause he has to stay for 12 hours there and he wants to go home. (yes, I listened to her tell a story about some other poor little boy!!!!!!!!!) then she said I had an appointment at 3:15 I needed to go to, so I told the children that rode the bus to get there tags out and put around there necks. (now, mind you Jake has never been to kids club he has no idea where it is at- he just knows daddy is picking him up- I told him he was not riding bus home today and he said I know mom, going to Kids Club- so I assumed he knew) No...no he didn't understand- he thought he would ride bus home- I would take him to Kids Club and then Daddy would pick him up from there) So yes, you have read it right. That wonderful teacher I thought I had sent my 5 year old son home on the bus- where usually no one would of been at home, but by the grace of GOD my mom was there today! The teacher said, I am so sorry. I probable won't sleep tonight thinking about what I did. It was totally my fault. You sent the note home, but it was so hectic with the other child crying and my appointment I just forgot about it. ( Now, I know your probable thinking- oh Jake has a new teacher....NO she has been teaching for 20 years!) So I get off the phone with her...I keep thinking Oh, well the principal is going to call me....she is going to be scrambling to call me. NOPE- No one called at ALL.
My mom asked Jake, if Gamma wasn't here today- what would you have done Jake? He said, I saw your car Gamma- I knew you was here- Then Gamma said, I know that Jake- but usually I would never be here..what would you have done? This has to be the worst part for me- He said, " I guess I would of just walked to my momma's work." That still just kills me. My poor little boy. To think of all the possiblities. First I wouldnt of known he wasnt at school till Beau would of went to pick him up at 4pm that would of been 1 hour and 30 mintues of a 5 year old at home by himself...locked out of the house...in the HOTTEST part of the day....He could of had a heat stroke....he could of got so hot that he decided to jump in the neighbors pool and drowned....He could of been kidnapped....could of been hit by a car.....I love you mom for being there for my son today....I love you GOD for watching over my family everyday. I love you Jake for being okay today and nothing bad happening to you. I know I complained about the air conditioner going out- why us? I know my dad didn't want to have surgery on Friday- I know my mom would of rather watched Rex at her house today...So thank you GOD for watching over!
Jake had his school picture made today, so I know that whenever I see that picture, that shirt he had on today...I will always remember this day for the rest of my life. Not that I ever would forget, but now I have a picture to remember.
Jake is fine, and he is not the least bit fazed by any of it. All he knows is he won't be riding the school bus anymore for a long long long time. We have made the decision that he will go to kids club everyday after school and that is where his dad or I will pick him up from...just like pre-school. He is really the one that has been robbed of some of his independence.
Beau and I are going to meet with the principal and teacher first thing in the morning to make certain this never never never happens again.
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