On August 16, I will officially be a mother of nothing but school kids! My youngest daughter, Ciara, is starting Kindergarten this year. (I'm not too happy about that part of the situation) I am excited about having a few hours each day to myself..... kid-less!! (That don't happen too often..... babysitters are VERY rare!) My oldest daughter will be starting 1st grade! My girls are 5 and 6, they have recently decided that they are “stylish girls”. Dangly earrings, dresses, sparkly clothes etc. Jade, my 5 yr old, told me today that she wanted girly pretty clothes for school. Loran, my 6 yr old, is all about skirts and dresses here lately.... mainly skirts. On top of clothes shopping, that I haven’t even started yet, there is the school supply shopping. I don't know if it's just me but it seems like every year the supply lists keep getting longer! I understand that the teachers have to pay for a lot of the classroom supplies and every little bit helps but why would each kindergarten kid need to bring 5 glue-sticks? That's 120 glue-sticks per classroom if there are at least 24 kids in the class! *That's ALOT of glue-sticks* Yesterday I was able to get almost everything on my daughters supply lists. Below is my girls' School Supply Lists:
Jade's
Kindergarten Supply List
Purple
shows what I bought
Black
shows what I haven’t bought yet
1
Backpack (large enough for a paper folder)
*Last
yr I bought too small of a packpack... I did better this time :0)
1
Small Towel for Napping
Tennis
Shoes for Play
Jacket
for Cool Days
Baggie
with a Full Change of Clothes (labeled
with name)
1
Box of Crayons (16-24
count)
5
Small Glue Sticks
1
Pencil Box
1
Box of #2 Pencils
1
Plastic Folder with Prongs (any
color)
1
Composition Book
Optional
Items:
Additional
glue sticks
Dry
Erase Markers
Stickers
Teacher
Box Toys
Watercolor
Paints
Hand
Sanitizer
Disinfectant
Wipes (ex. Lysol wipes)
Loran's
1st
Grade Supply List
Pink
Shows what I bought
Black
show what I haven’t bought yet
1
Backpack
1
Extra Large Stick
1
pkg. Pencils
1
Large Eraser
1
Box of Crayons
(16-24
count)
1
Spiral Notebook
2
Durable Plastic Folders with Brads & Pockets (blue
and red)
1
Small Pencil Box
1
Small pair of Safety Scissors
Optional
Items:
1
Box of Tissues
1
Bottle of Liquid Soap
1
Box of Gallon sized Ziploc Bags
1
Box of Quart sized Ziploc Bags
Yesterday
we spent almost $50 on school supplies, 45.56 (minus some bath soap
and 2 cups that were on sale)!! Which is a lot more than I thought we
would spend. That didn't even include the back pack and shoes! I was
planning on going to Office Max to get the supplies but we ended up
going to K-Mart instead. Most of the supplies were on sale. I
completely forgot about buying towel, so I guess we did pretty good
since the towel was $11.69. Ciara picked out a really cute Hot-Pink
polka dotted towel with a black trim. It's very adorable!! Jade is
normally a purple girl but this towel is just to cute not to love! I
was even able to buy 2 things for Jade's kindergarten Treasure
Chest! I got a little paint by number set and some mini star sticky
notes. Good thing this weekend was No-Tax Weekend!!
We're
planning on buying the school clothes next week. I've been collecting
pants for the girls from where my friend's daughter has grown out of
most of her clothes! 90% of the clothes that I got from her were
either never been wore of barley worn so Loran was able to get a
few pairs of pants and a couple shirts without me even buying
anything yet. But of course...... I have to buy skirts, leggings and
stylish shirts. My girls also need some dress shoes and REAL
earrings! Their ears get red and sore when they wear fake earrings so
I have to buy them some silver ones to wear to school their holes
don't grow up. It hasn't even been a year since they got them pierced
so I can't leave them out for to long.
Looks
like I still got a few long shopping days to go before I can relax at
home and enjoy some kid-less hours!! The excitement is starting to
bubble up in my tummy!! I sure hope my little Jade does good and
don't get scared and shy on her 1st
day of school. I'm sure I'll cry a bit but maybe not too much! :)
(I only cried a tiny bit when Loran started school and I was able to wait until I made it to the car and I also hid it from my fiance..... I think I hid it anyway)
(I only cried a tiny bit when Loran started school and I was able to wait until I made it to the car and I also hid it from my fiance..... I think I hid it anyway)
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