As I said Sarah didn't go to school until she was 7, Tony and Steve did try to get her to go to pre-school before this. It was later in the same year as the storm incident. Peter was 8 so he already was in school. He enjoyed it very much and just like Tony was very good at science. He was quiet and had only two friends Wade Wilson and Matt Murdock. This didn't bother him as they were the greatest of friends in the world and their friendship would last a life time and for two of them become more. The three of them went to a private school, so with Peter already being there Tony and Steve felt it would be best that Sarah joined her brother at the same school. It was not like most private schools with it being only for boys or girls. Maple Ridge Elementary and Nursery was one of the best schools in America so it was made for both genders. Steve enrolled Sarah for a morning slot one day at the nursery and the whole day did not go according to plan.
As much as the two children were similar, they were also very different and this was an example of how different they were. On the morning of Peter's first day at school Steve and Tony woke to him being by the front door raring to go. While Sarah was lying restlessly asleep between them. Steve knew the day before that getting Sarah to go to school would be hard. So he put together a step by step plan of getting her to go, though his plan was more like a military ambush then a plan. Tony didn't approve of the strategy, but it amused him so he went along with it.
The first thing on Steve's To-Do list was to get Sarah ready for school. Even though most schools in America had no uniform, the private ones did. Steve had already said to Tony that he would be the one who got Peter ready; so that is what he did. At 6:30 am the two of them got their children up and did what they need to do. Steve started his day with taking Sarah into the on-suit bathroom of the master bedroom. Here he washed her and his own face. His plan was to get him to do the same as he did Sarah, so he was coping her. The idea was that it would relax her. After both washing, he dried them both and shitless took her to her own room.
Crossing the corridor they saw Tony with peter saddled on his own hip. The sight of seeing Steve shirtless made Tony blush, but the two of them continued with their jobs. When he entered Sarah's room, to his annoyance the first thing she did was jump on her own bed to cuddle the two teddies she had been missing all night. Steve just smiled and resumed what he was doing. He grabbed the small fresh uniform of Sarah's off the dresser. The uniform was modest as the kids that went to the school were still young. The girls' uniform was a simple grey pinafore, white blouses, white socks and a blue bow. This had to worn, but it could have been anywhere the child/parent wished. So after having lessons from Natasha; he pulled Sarah's into a hair half up, half down tied back with the compulsory girl's bow. They also had to wear black shoes as part of their uniform. With Natasha's help, Steve had got Sarah a pair of all black swing shoes in her size. Seeing his daughter in shoes that he saw Peggy wore all the time brought a teary smile to his face.
After finishing putting her clothes on he said "Sarah, you can take one teddy to school". Problem number one! Sarah had returned to the floor with both her Ironman and Captain America in hand. So when she heard this, tears came about her eyes. Steve repeated "Only one to school, so who it going to be? Captain America or Ironman?" scoping the three up, she burst in to tears. Bouncing her up and down in his arms to the crying stopped. In a snuffle Sarah finally replied with "Ironman". Steve cooed at her, he took Captain America and placed him on the bed. It was now Steve's turn to get dressed.
Returning to his bedroom he placed Sarah and the Ironman teddy in the centre of his large bed. He quickly changed into a pair of jeans and a red and white top Tony had bought him for his last birthday. He also put on his new shoes which were "cool" according to Tony. (A pair of all white Converse). Steve knew little about clothing in the 21st centre, so he left it all to his husband and was always please when he had something new for him. Picking Addie up once again they went down stairs to the kitchen for breakfast.
The pair of them found Peter and Tony finishing up their own breakfast, so it was perfect timing for the two of them. Steve slipped passed Tony, pecking him on his head forehead. Out of the cupboard he grabbed one of Sarah's pink plastic bowls only to open the next cupboard to find they had ran out of Cheerios. Problem number two! Sarah's favourite cereal was Cheerios and having non into cheer her up did the exact opposite. And yes she did burst into tears again! Steve picked her up and returned to bouncing, cooing and soothing her. Being in the kitchen he got out her matching Sippy Cup to the bowl that was already out and filled it with diluted apple juice. This was one of her favourite drinks and usually relaxed her. He placed her back down on a chair for the breakfast bar and let her drink her juice while making himself a strong coffee. Glancing through the fridge he decided to make his family famous blueberry pancakes. Eyeing the time he decided there would be time to make them. He made enough for himself and Sarah and one other plate for anyone who wanted cold pancakes. With Steve's pancakes they were fantastic hot or cold. He smirked at thought that it would probably be Clint who ate them. The other Avengers didn't need to get up till 8:30 so it was only the two husbands and their children walking about the house. Replacing the bowl for the plate out of the same set, he put Sarah's pancakes on it and cut them into easy to eat sizes for the now 4 year old. On his plate he did the same once again putting the copping tactic in play. The two sat next to each other on the breakfast bar happily eating their delicious pancakes, with Steve wiping her Sarah's face every now and then when she had missed her mouth. To Steve's surprise Sarah had pick up on him doing everything she did so she also wiped his face in the same way. Even though she did not know what she was doing, she still did it.
After finishing breakfast Steve had just enough time run Sarah up to brush her teeth. She still couldn't quite do it herself so she had one of her dads do them in the on-suite bathroom of their room. This didn't take long for both of them to do, once again he wiped her face clean and got her to drink some water. She really did not like the taste of toothpaste. Despite the fact you don't eat toothpaste, the taste hung in her mouth and that is what she didn't like. Steve did the same. He then picked her up and snuggled her to his chest. The whole time she had her Ironman gripped tightly in her hand (even when they were eating breakfast it was in her hand).
With Sarah snuggled on to his chest, Steve made his way down stairs to where he found Peter and Tony. He placed Sarah on the floor and gave Peter a big hug as he said "good morning Papa" with a big grin on his face. He stretched his legs and took Sarah's coat of her hook. Each family member had their own hook with their name on it. He wrapped Sarah in the small coat and zipped it up. Tony took Peter's school bag off his hook and Steve got Sarah's and placed her Ironman in the bag from her hands. It was now time to leave.
The four of them made their way down the garage where Steve insisted to Tony that they take the Ranger Rover for a few of reasons. One, that car seats were already in there; two, it was the least flashy so that means they weren't showing off being the billionaires they are; three, it was the most comfortable for the kids being at there youngish age. Steve said he would drive. He got Peter into his car seat as it was behind him and Tony did the same for Sarah. After he had strapped Peter in he took his place in front of him and placed Sarah's bag that her still had hold of in the foot well of the passenger's side. A short moment passed when he heard crying from the back. Problem number three. When driving most places. I would be Tony who drove with Steve in the front passenger's seat. But with this drive, the front of the car had been flipped and as Steve was the one driving and this meant she couldn't talk to him. She always spoke to her Poppa in the car, it was one of the times for the two. So by her not being able to talk to him it made her upset. Tony got her out of her seat and cuddled her. They had seen little of each other in the morning so this crying fit was over quicker. Tony stroked her hair as he always did and placed her back in the seat. At 7:35 they finally had set off to go to school.