Now comes school daze

Remember when all you needed for school were a couple of new outfits, a box of crayons (it was a treat if I got the 64 count), a pencil box (usually an old cigar box), a ruler, and an eraser? Remember?? Well, DP enters the sixth grade in two weeks and this is what he needs to have on the first day!!

 

Each year, on the first day of school, I see summer-weary parents escorting their children through the doors baring large garbage bags loaded with supplies. The more children per family, the bigger the bag or bags. I think this was the biggest shock for me on my "first day" of school with DP.

So, as soon as he gets home from camp, it's back to the store we go, this time for school supplies! Did you happen to note the request for $5.00 for party money, $5 for a planner, and a calculator "preferably scientific"? This does not cover the field trips, etc., etc., etc. Ooooops! Can't forget picture day! Okay, I already have the knitting needles, wasn't going to use them anyway. Next year, he enters junior high, that will probably mean a second mortgage on the house.

When I was doing a little yardening in the back yard this morning, I saw a strange little tree reaching for the sun...it had money on it!