knitgrl Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 to learn that their child is not nearly as excited as they are about looking at all the new, shiny back-to-school displays of pens, pencils, notebooks and other stationary stuff? My dd and I stopped by the really big Walmart, which had a huge section of back to school stuff and so many different colors and sizes of notebooks and folders and see-though highlighters and just amazing things, and she was not moved at all. Like she just wanted to go home. Sigh. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Yup! I got a shoulder shrug and a "I have all of the pens I want". It was definitely anti-climatic compared to my experiences growing up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 5 hours ago, knitgrl said: to learn that their child is not nearly as excited as they are about looking at all the new, shiny back-to-school displays of pens, pencils, notebooks and other stationary stuff? My dd and I stopped by the really big Walmart, which had a huge section of back to school stuff and so many different colors and sizes of notebooks and folders and see-though highlighters and just amazing things, and she was not moved at all. Like she just wanted to go home. Sigh. LOL It's your homeschool lady friends you need to fangirl over this stuff with. Freshly sharpened pencils *with* erasers. Sigh..... (the only time as a kid I think I was interested in school supplies was the year I got a TrapperKeeper --which broke after 2 months or something!) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeineandbooks Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 We get a big box of curriculum supplies shipped from the US once a year. The day it arrives I'm like a kid at Christmas, jumping around amid teetering piles of stuff I bought. Me: "Oh, this grammar book looks SO great, come and see!" The kids are like, "Can we just watch a video?" 😆 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 My kids are never impressed or excited by supplies. Kids these days! 🙂 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Oh my gosh, yes! And I have attached a visual aid. 🤣 I had a day like that last year with all my kids, including my only DD, who used to like pretty notebooks. They haven't been into it in years. I go gaga over pretty notebooks and pens and binders and pretty clips and matching clipboards and... And, ohmygosh, my DD is an actual ARTIST, so why doesn't she get excited about pens and things anymore?! Because she has all the ones she needs, and when they run dry, she replaces them. Yawn. LOL And everyone now just wants black. Black notebooks, binders, everything. Just plain black. So last year I bought the cutest set of kitty notebooks (we are a house of kitty lovers), and no one wanted one. None of them, even the meowmaid one. Y'all, it is a mermaid kitten, and no one wants this notebook? I ended up using it for reconciling accounts all year and when the paper was all used up, I cut out the meowmaid as a decoration for the kitty-bed cupboard next to my desk. Finally, someone else can appreciate the meowmaid with me. 😛 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Alte Veste Academy said: Oh my gosh, yes! And I have attached a visual aid. 🤣 I had a day like that last year with all my kids, including my only DD, who used to like pretty notebooks. They haven't been into it in years. I go gaga over pretty notebooks and pens and binders and pretty clips and matching clipboards and... And, ohmygosh, my DD is an actual ARTIST, so why doesn't she get excited about pens and things anymore?! Because she has all the ones she needs, and when they run dry, she replaces them. Yawn. LOL And everyone now just wants black. Black notebooks, binders, everything. Just plain black. So last year I bought the cutest set of kitty notebooks (we are a house of kitty lovers), and no one wanted one. None of them, even the meowmaid one. Y'all, it is a mermaid kitten, and no one wants this notebook? I ended up using it for reconciling accounts all year and when the paper was all used up, I cut out the meowmaid as a decoration for the kitty-bed cupboard next to my desk. Finally, someone else can appreciate the meowmaid with me. 😛 We have a cute kitty notebook that my son picked out and then ignored. It's SO cute, and I have nothing to put in it! Solidarity! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I am sending a bag of school supplies from my stash with L to college. I figure they might be more interesting when the option is to spend your own money to replace them! 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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