Some More School Bus

Today I decided to send my little one on the school bus BOTH WAYS! He's been doing well with the trip to cheider, so we decided to give it a shot.
I have an appointment with Marcy tomorrow, and it was scheduled 3 weeks ago, with the assumption that Zusha would be coming by bus that day. So considering the time the appointment was scheduled, coming home by bus was the only option.
And I figured that I should give Zusha a "test run" one day in advance and not have to send him for the first time on a day that I really need to do so.

I prepped him in the morning, and he was really excited. I told him that the bus would come right to the house and I'll take him off just like I put him on.

Well... the poor kid came off the bus and burst into tears. :( He thought the bus on the way home would follow the same route as on the way to school. But it first went to the first stop, just like in the morning. And Zusha thought it was going the wrong way and that he won't get home. :(

He didn't cry on the bus, and he didn't approach the monitor with his concern. He just kept it all in, until I took him off. We went to the front steps and I hugged him and he cried.

I explained to him that it goes a different way in the morning and in the afternoon, and he shouldn't be scared. He calmed down soon enough and began telling me all the stores and landmarks he passed on his way home. :)