$115 later (gulp!) and my two oldest boys' backpacks (new but sale-priced) are filled to the brim with shiny new school supplies! This is a good thing right? So why do I feel so guilty?
Probably because I swore I wasn't going to buy new backpacks...what's wrong with the ones from the last three years anyway? (Well, ok, maybe Kyle gets a new one because he's a BIG kindergarten-er this year...). Or maybe it's cuz I swore I was going to clean out the craft bins and sort through all the pencils, scissors, rulers, and glue bottles Devon's collected since kindergarten...no sense in buying more when we have perfectly good supplies just collecting dust? Remember the old addage: reduce, reuse, recycle? Well, I'm sure you'd understand if you saw our craft bins...sometimes it's easier, albeit guilt-inducing, just to buy new!
Whatever YOU choose to do for backpacks or supplies, one thing that's definitely worth adding is a bagtag. Kyle especially will be getting a new bagtag with his name and phone number on it. Consider our Handy Dandy Bag Tags for your little one's bag -- these are perfect for preschoolers and baby's diaper bags too!?
And you should know, I DID get those craft bins cleaned out. See, guilt is good for something! A powerful motivator for sure -- and now we have 5 pairs of scissors & several bottles of glue at the ready should we ever host a neighborhood "craft time"!
