The wheels on the bus

"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, all day long" is the song Scout and pretty much our whole family has been singing for the past few weeks...all day long!  Well today the wheels on the bus rolled up to our house with a little Lubird riding high!  A big yellow bus.  "The driver on the bus says move on back" "The kids on the bus go up and down".  School buses are filled with kids talking about their day, smelling like kid sweat and cafeteria food, carrying on, laughing, reading a book, passing notes, sitting with friends.  Some despise riding the bus, some love riding the bus, some don't have a choice and some, well some kids don't ever get the option to ride the bus because they are too sick or medically fragile, some of these kids are good friends of Lu's.  I wasn't sure if our Lu would ever ride a bus but with a toddler at home always napping around Lucia's pick-up time, I was ready to explore this option.  So, after working out a few details and a couple weeks later, here she came, home on a big yellow school bus "the horn on the bus goes beep beep beep", riding with peers, holding her sweet hands, crossing her legs in her pink stingray wheelchair looking out her window.  Riding the bus is an experience most kids take for granted or don't think about as being a privilege,  but it really is a pretty cool deal.  You get picked up, hop on and don't need to do anything but enjoy a ride and get off at your school, then you go home, taking a complimentary, pretty brainless ride, no parents barking, usually with friends!  Well I know it's not always that easy and I know so many kids that will never get to experience riding a big yellow school bus with friends...they were born with too many special medical issues.  So this was a really special moment to happen to our Lu.  I sat outside our house anxiously waiting.  I imagined her being uncomfortable, crying and no one there to help her, or her not being securely fastened and uncomfortable, BUT she was none of those things.  She was totally secure, totally content, and she even has a special assistant who will ride with her, a great lady named Shay.

Hello Mr. Gregory and Mom!

Our bird can ride a bus!  Our Lucia can ride with friends on a bus and have a similar experience to some of her peers...it's a tearfully happy moment to witness.  Yay Lu.  We love you and your special chair and special lift and specialness about you all around.  Thank you Miss Shay and her driver, Mr. Gregory for being so cheerful and sweet with our Lu.  Getting to be a a part of the wheels on the bus going round and round is a HUGE deal.
Here are the videos of the first ride!

click here for Birdbus1

Click here for Birdbus Part 2