Supplies

We went school supply shopping yesterday.
I would have put it off longer, but Olivia and Isaac had their first day today.
I absolutely despise school supply shopping.
The teachers ask for a bit much -- and not in terms of too many things but rather too many specific items.
I mean, really, why does Olivia need a red plastic two pocket no prong folder?
Why can't it just be red?
And what happened to the days when the list said "6 folders"?
I also really dislike how they ask for six composition notebooks (not spiral, they must be composition) and then when I get them back at the end of the year, the kids have used maybe 10 pages out of them.
As a parent it's frustrating.
I'm not bashing on teachers, I know there is a reason for why they ask for certain items.
And I'm sure they get frustrated with their kids' supply lists too.

It also doesn't help that we go year round.
In fact, two out of the three elementary schools in our town are year round.
You would think that Wal Mart would keep a pretty good stock of stuff.
Nope.
There wasn't anything at all until last week, and by the time I got there -- gone.
So we had to drive all the way to Target in the next town over.
Target had everything we needed and more, so there's the bright side.

The rest of my day is going to be spent cleaning and getting ready for Olivia's birthday party tomorrow.
It's a slumber party. 
Five girls plus Miss O.
The boys will be going elsewhere for the night (thank goodness!).
I don't know if I'm ready for this!