Forget-Me-Not Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 If I had a dollar for every time I say these phrases every. single. day. :banghead: I cannot seem to get it through anybody's head that they need to bring a pencil WITH them when I say, "Get your ______ and bring it to the table." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Trouble here is no one knows where they are. Somewhere around here there are one thousand pencils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadianmumof5 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Were you eavesdropping on my house today?? :cursing: How can they not know where the brand new pencil from yesterday is????? I am tempted to tie them around their necks!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Trouble here is no one knows where they are. Somewhere around here there are one thousand pencils. Ha ha, it seems like I pick up close to that many during our evening pick-up!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 my artsy dd hides the good pencils in her room. Apparently it is ok to do math with a stubby pencil with no eraser, but not okay to draw with them. I found gobs in her room stashed away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I'm considering taping tacky flowers to mine and storing them in a vase. My son is thrilled at this idea. His sister is going to public high school. It's only our second day of school, so it's too soon to know WHO the pencil thief really is. Time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimtaxi234 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 We recently moved and while I unpacked, I found pencils in boxes from around the house. I found close to 60 pencils. :ack2: I kept the nice Ticonderoga pencils and tossed the rest of them and I still had 25 new (or still long enough to keep) pencils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsanniep Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Oh yes! That and their insistence on doing schoolwork with pencils that need sharpening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I have a big ole tomato can (the costco size) that I covered in pretty wrapping paper, it's full of pencils, and it sits in the middle of the table when we're doing school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frugalmama Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I have a big ole tomato can (the costco size) that I covered in pretty wrapping paper, it's full of pencils, and it sits in the middle of the table when we're doing school. This is what we do too, except it's a metal flower pot from Michaels that is lime green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I noticed while browsing the TeacherspayTeachers site that some of the teachers actually have signs made up indicating the deposit fee or charge for replacement pencils. I have threatened to start selling pencils to my kids. Last week I actually heard myself says,"Don't come to school without your pencil." Um, mom, you mean, "Don't come to the basement?" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Pencils are like socks around here. There is just some black hole that makes them disappear. It's the gnomes. We have an infestation of evil, sock stealing gnomes. They take the pencils, too. And the book you were reading/working in yesterday. I hate those gnomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perogi Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I have a big ole tomato can (the costco size) that I covered in pretty wrapping paper, it's full of pencils, and it sits in the middle of the table when we're doing school. Are you constantly restocking it?! I'm sure we'd lose even more pencils if the kids weren't expected to be responsible for their pencil. I'm thinking about somehow marking pencils this year so I know what belongs to whom. We do have some pencils in the middle of the table in a caddy with our rulers, scissors, glue, etc but the kids are expected to keep track of their pencil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 How can they not know where the brand new pencil from yesterday is????? I am tempted to tie them around their necks!!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 I have a big ole tomato can (the costco size) that I covered in pretty wrapping paper, it's full of pencils, and it sits in the middle of the table when we're doing school. I have a Pampered Chef tool caddy full of pencils, erasers, eraser caps, scissors, glue sticks, etc etc etc. on top of the school cabinet. They know where the pencils are, it just never occurs to them to grab one when they are AT the school cabinet grabbing their books :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I always know right where my son's pencil is... Wound through his toes. :001_huh: :tongue_smilie: :glare: :smash: Ask me how many times a day I "remind" him that it needs to be between his fingers and not his toes... Yeah. Don't ask me. :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) I hate to tell ya, but in some cases it doesn't get better w/age! My son is taking community college classes and is often asked if he has a pencil to loan to someone! Eta: Ds says, "At the final exam, no less!" Edited August 29, 2012 by Chelle in MO add info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Are you constantly restocking it?! I'm sure we'd lose even more pencils if the kids weren't expected to be responsible for their pencil. I'm thinking about somehow marking pencils this year so I know what belongs to whom. We do have some pencils in the middle of the table in a caddy with our rulers, scissors, glue, etc but the kids are expected to keep track of their pencil. I have paper covered tubes on the school table. In the school room. Stocked with Black Warriors that i sharpened myself. Sunday. They all had weird, random writing implements this morning. :glare: I tried giving them color coded mechanical pencils last year, both to avoid pencil sharpening field trips (in rotation with drink and bathroom field trips) and so I'd know whose pencil it was lying around... Nope. They.just.disappear. Poof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 You CAN order pencils with your kids' names on them. They're not expensive. I'm still finding pencils with my kids' names that they got for Christmas 6 years ago. They'll still lose them, but it can prevent an argument over pencil ownership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosducotes Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Ours end up outside!:tongue_smilie: One day I was picking up toys and sticks in the yard so DH could mow. I found 12 pencils and three colored pencils! What the heck? I have threatened to tie yarn to their pencils and tape the yarn to their desks. I may try that this year so we don't spend an hour a day looking for them.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropymama Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Slightly OT.. can anyone tell me how to get pencil lead out of coffee cups? We keep ours in big coffee mugs which are then useless because their insides are covered in graphite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 It's the gnomes. We have an infestation of evil, sock stealing gnomes. They take the pencils, too. And the book you were reading/working in yesterday. I hate those gnomes. Our sock stealing gnomes prefer to steal only one sock of a matched pair. They are generous and leave the other one. They hide the pencils under the sofa cushions, or in the first place you looked after you have scoured the entire house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I'm thinking about somehow marking pencils this year so I know what belongs to whom. We do have some pencils in the middle of the table in a caddy with our rulers, scissors, glue, etc but the kids are expected to keep track of their pencil. When I taught middle school I wrapped the top of *my* pens with colored electrical tape. I could see from across the room if someone had one of *my* pens. Slightly OT.. can anyone tell me how to get pencil lead out of coffee cups? We keep ours in big coffee mugs which are then useless because their insides are covered in graphite. I would use a little baking soda/water paste. I think that should take it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 When we do find our pencils, they usually are missing the erasers. Our toddler bites the eraser off any pencil she gets her hands on. I am glad she doesn't swallow them. :tongue_smilie: Our black hole includes one shoe of several pairs in the house, and occasionally a toothbrush. How does one lose a toothbrush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Oh my goodness, not my kids. I bought some of those caddies from the $1 spot at Target and they are each FILLED with about 100 pencils. Those caddies stay in their "school bin", though. Everyone can come to my house and take a pencil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Oh yes! That and their insistence on doing schoolwork with pencils that need sharpening. Ugh, not mine. Mine can barely get through a lesson without needing to resharpen. I hate to tell ya, but in some cases it doesn't get better w/age! My son is taking community college classes and is often asked if he has a pencil to loan to someone! Eta: Ds says, "At the final exam, no less!" :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASDAQ Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I got each kid old enough to use a pencil, a set of pencils with their name embossed on it. I get out 12 at a time and they're in really garishly different colours. These seem not to get lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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