Last week before the boys left town, I took Nathan for his first official school supply shopping spree. I know, I know, I am so sentimental, but I can't help it. I LOVE school supply shopping and since Target had all their junk out already, I decided it would be best to take him early in July rather than in late July when he'll be returning from his Texas vacation.
David joined us which was nice. We hardly ever get to take Nathan (or Will, for that matter) anywhere by themselves. The only downside to having David there was that he was like "I don't see why he needs a new backpack. His old one from last year is just fine."
Are you kidding? My first-born baby is heading into Kindergarten and you don't see why he needs a new backpack? I don't know about ya'll but it was just a given that I get a new bag/backpack every new school year (thanks, Mom!). Actually, when I told my mom about David's comment, she quickly retorted that had I not bought Nathan a new backpack, she would've! What Grammy wouldn't, right?
Anyway, school supply shopping was fun. Nathan got to push the cart and pick out several items once I rattled off the list to him. One of my favorite memories of the whole ordeal was when it came time to look for a pencil sharpener. Nathan picked out a bright pink one and David took one look at it and was like, "Uh-uh. Pick out another one. How 'bout a blue one?" I could do nothing but laugh! I know that my boys' love of pink comes from me! I totally thought it was fine. It's Kindergarten. So what if a boy has a pink sharpener? But, alas, we ended up not getting one because Nathan remembered he already had one at home. But, a few days later when I was looking for said sharpener, I realized it was our only one. So, on my most recent trip back to Target, I went ahead and picked up the blue sharpener for him. He won't care. He'll love it.
I think he had the most fun picking out his G.I. Joe backpack. It was fun watching him trying to decide between three different backpacks and finally settling on the one he got. The only thing Target did not have was tissues. Seriously. We even went to the aisle where they normally stock tissues. You know, over by the toilet paper and paper plates? So, we still have tissues remaining on our school supply list, but I'm sure by mid-August the stores will be up to their eyeballs in boxes of tissue.
Considering how much I truly love summer, it's hard to believe I was so gung-ho about getting school supplies early, but it feels good to be done. My baby - off to Kindergarten in a little over a month! My, how time's flown! ♥
