It's that time of the year again....in June, on the kids last few days of school, we started having them bring home all the notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, crayons, rulers in their lockers.
I went through all of the stuff that the three kids had collected. We threw out the folders that were broken, debilitated, and we not salvageable. The pens/pencils/crayons/colored pencils/markers/highlighters were kept in a box at home. The notebooks were looked over, and the used pages were torn out (leaving more than 3/4 of a decent unused notebook), and look like they have never been used.
My oldest is starting community college in a week. She received her last pay check part time job (yes, she quit...) and bought some supplies, despite me telling her that we had more than enough stuff at home for her to use.
Mary will use what we have at home. Since she's a junior, there's nothing specific for her. She can choose what binders/folders/notebooks from the stock of what we have here. She can choose some pencils/pens/markers/highlighters, leaving things like glue sticks and crayons at home for projects.
Kevin is a special ed kid. He will be using what is at home too, with the exception of anything specific that his special ed teacher requires. He's a freshmen in high school
My kids may need sneakers. We will not be shopping for clothes this year for the first time. My kids live in their shorts all spring and summer. They don't wear jeans or pants until the later part of Fall anyway. They have tons of clothing to choose from.
The kids all have lunch boxes. Sarah will eat at home (since she will not have a pay check to get take out with) before she goes to class. Mary and Kevin like to eat at school. I give them 40 dollars for a two week time period. That's it. They have to make due with that, or pack something from home. We have a collection of lunch boxes to choose from.
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