This was one of those days that, as a parent, I would just assume forget! We had an unusual morning because we had to drop a few of the bikes off at the bike shop down the street to have some repairs done on Saturday. Ted and Lacy went to get the bikes, but they weren't ready. It was now close to the noon check-out time. We let the kids go to the arcade together while we got the bus ready for departure. Ted called them and they all came back promptly. Ted pulled out, and Pepe and I followed in the car. The plan was to meet up at the bike shop about a mile away and hook up the car there. We got parked and Ted took the car across the street to load the bikes. Connor and Lacy were doing their work and I thought Evan was in the bathroom (which he does a lot when he wants to postpone doing his schoolwork!). After a period of time, I checked and to my horror, Evan was nowhere to be found. The kids assumed he rode with me. I called Ted across the street and said "I am trying not to panic, but we have driven off without Evan!" Ted was on his way without explanation to the bike shop owner. As it turns out, the kids did load up and for some reason Evan decided to have one more go on the playground. He walked off the bus and we left! When Ted got there, Evan never even knew we had left. Believe me; we have implemented some new departure protocol after today!
