It is official. Kate is a big girl. I knew this day was coming, but it has come too soon. What will I do when she graduates from high school next year? Sniff, I'm just not sure I can handle this whole growing up thing.
What has brought this maudlin attitude? We went school supply shopping today. We found pencils, erasers, glue, crayons and kleenix. That use to be about the extent of our back to school shopping. We might add three or four peachy folders, scissors and filler paper. Well, Kate's list was extensive. She needed colored pencils, markers, construction paper, composition paper, "feel 'n' learn" paper, glue sticks, glue, pencil grips, pencil tip erasers, hand sanitizer, paper towels, sanitizing wipes, sketch pad, extra long construction paper, extra long white construction paper...wow. I'm pretty sure I didn't get all that stuff when I was a kid. We spent $60 on school supplies for one kid.
At least they have a Walmart here, but 20 cents adds up pretty fast when you have to get two or three of everything. The last thing on the list is a backpack, and I'm going to leave that for later. As Tanner explained it, "a backpack is like the latest car model...you just have to have it, so you work out a payment plan." I know that what she'll want this week is not what she'll want in 3 weeks. Can you imagine going into a store with a child who sees the "latest" backpack, unfortunately, you've already bought her backpack, so the answer is, "no you can't have it"?
On the weather front...
Today was a lot cooler, only 96. There are billowy rolls of white clouds right above us, but in the far distance there are the darker, more ominous grays. Depending on the wind pattern, we might get another thunderstorm this evening.
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