Picking Up Your Socks

I was relaying a story tonight, and thought I would share it with you.

I came home from being out almost all day, running errands (which started with breakfast) and when I arrived, my daughter had on one green sock and there was a blue sock, lying on the floor. I said to her, "Could you put the blue sock in the laundry?" She responded with, "It's not dirty."

"Why's it on the floor?"

"Cause Daddy won't give me milk."

Of course, why didn't I figure that out on my own?

Buying School Supplies

These are the school supplies I got at Staples yesterday for $8.62.
There are:
10 two-pocket folders
2 packs of 8 pencils
1 four pack of pens
1 pack of 15 colored pencils
2 rolls of invisible Scotch tape
1 pink spiral one-subject notebook (guess who that's for)
2 packs of 25 peel&stick seal envelopes
2 packs of 2 each fancy shaped post-it notes (these are normally over $3 each)

This would normally be around $22.

This is the time to buy school supplies.  Check the Staples ad.  Every week for this month, they should have penny/dollar items that are very useful just to have.  Actually, they also have a ream of paper for one penny - that you have to pay for though and then wait for a rebate.  Also, you should remember to pay attention to the limits.  Many of these items were limit of two and the specials are only good until Saturday.  Target is starting to get their back to school section in order and there sale will probably start next Sunday.

My worst problem is that my older son hasn't gotten his list from school yet, and in middle school, those are the most expensive items.

With the economy, when items run out, they probably won't be replaced, so don't wait for a specialty item to go on sale.  If you need a mutli-funcitonal calculator or a scientific one, buy it now and keep the receipt.  Many stores, including Target will give you a price guarantee on an unopened item within 14 days if it should go on sale in that time.  If it's longer, the return policy is usually 90 days, so you can rebuy it cheaper and return the more expensive one.  Just KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS.

Since Staples is in our neighborhood, within six miles, I will go back at least twice more to get those pencils for a penny.  We're over near the store anyway, so we're not wasting gas and the kids go through pencils like water.

Everything in the picture I bought because they were on sale.  I didn't look at any supply lists from school, but those are all items we will use either for school or in the house.

Philosophy from a Five Year Old

I thought I would post about my middle son. Usually, it's my oldest or my daughter who get the blog space, but child #2 was really on a roll yesterday, and repeating the stories to two friends of mine made me laugh again, so I thought I would share.

Yesterday was a day for him to philosophize.

First, was my daughter wanting her birthday to be on St. Patrick's Day. She wants a St. Patrick's Day birthday, but her birthday is in January. Birthdays are on the brain because my husband just had a birthday and I'm putting together thanfiction's gift, and they were listing all the days that you get presents.

She was complaining about her birthday not being on St. Patrick's Day, and my son said, "When you're born, that's when your birthday is, and you stick to that."

Makes sense to me.

Then, he says, "It's funny how the thing has the same name that it is."

We pondered this, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well," he stated very matter-of-factly, "a lion...is...a...lion."

We nodded in agreement. Yes, it is.

"And do you know, that there is a chicken that is an animal. And there's a chicken that you eat."

My husband looked at me, and said, "This is that time - do we make him a vegetarian because the wrong word now..."

My son also has some trouble with some words because of his speech, but we like the way he says them, so we're really bad about correcting them.

He'll say: maglet instead of magnet.
He'll say: merote instead of remote.
He'll say: whore instead of or. (This one's a bit embarrasing.)
He'll say: Machanukah instead of Chanukah.

You know, typing it out, it looks like he may be hearing too many 'm's.

He's very logical, and this was a very entertaining car ride.