Off to a Good Start (I Hope)

Wow. What a difference it made that Husband got DuckyBoy out of bed. And set the coffee maker to start automatically.

And -- DB dressed himself! Big props for Husband there, he got that going during summer camp so it wasn't new to DB. Do you have any idea how much mental and emotional energy I have left over? I hardly know what to do with myself!

A bit grumpy when he first woke up, but who isn't the first day at 6 am on the first day of a new school year. But as we'd discussed, this way he had time to watch his show that he's hooked on (Transformers); thank goodness it's on at 6 am weekdays so every morning there's a new episode. And thanks goodness for DVR so he can watch it starting at 6:15.

And -- when it was over, he was OK with turning the TV off, at 6:45; he was already dressed, so we could take our time going downstairs and had time to "tell a story," which he loves as a special transition time from me to the bus. Speaking of the bus, it helped reduce his anxiety and mine to know we have the same bus driver from the summer session. "Oh, he was nice!" DB said when we told him.

New backpack, special lunch (a Lunchables Pizza Treatza --he's been looking forward to it for a week now), even some laughter as we all shared some time together.

Oh, and one more new thing -- I got him some of the new Colgate Wisp mini toothbrushes that are single-use disposables. I'm sure they're really meant for keeping in your purse or desk drawer, a supplement instead of a replacement for brushing twice a day, but compared to DB not brushing at all in the morning, which was our usual happening last year, these are 100% better!

Plus, he likes the strong minty flavor. Who knew! I wonder ... that mint flavor may have a beneficial "calming" impact on him as well. Which is good right before he gets on the bus, since story or no story, that transition is a hard part of his day.