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I can hardly believe we are here friends! This summer has absolutely FLOWN by - and I feel like I say that every summer, but it's never been as true as this time. My daughter heads off to Middle School and my son will start at the High School this year. How? Why? What? I'm dumfounded. But I do know they are both ready for these big milestones, even if I am not so ready for them to go. I will be honest; it's been an emotional summer for me. The kids are so independent lately and with these big milestones ahead of us I would be lying if I said I don't have a lot of emotions about it all. Each phase of parenthood has its joys and its challenges but the teen phase seems to have the most intensity of them all. Very, very joyous moments and some very, very challenging moments too. My role as a mom has changed so much over the past three months even and it's both exciting and heartbreaking to see them spread their wings and begin to need me less. But enough of my emotional roller coaster over here, there is important business at hand these days and that is back to school prep!
We are in back to school prep mode all day every day it seems - can we just start school already!?!? And while most of that prep seems to be in the form of scheduling, meetings and paperwork - the FUN part for our family is always the back to school shopping. We finally got our lists together and headed out to Walmart so the kids could pick out their favorite pencils, binders, notebooks and what seems like a million other necessities. Thank goodness for Walmart's super low prices to check everything off the supply lists stress-free. Or you can go the super stress free route and just order them all online... which - wink, wink - from one mom to another isn't a bad idea at all!
Both kids were super excited to pick out some fresh outfits for back to school from Walmart as well. There lists seem to be never ending and since both kids have seemingly doubled in size over the summer - how are they so tall these days? - they pretty much need a whole new wardrobe for fall. We've been shopping for basics like overalls, tees, sneakers, jackets and athletic pants to make sure they are set for those first memories in their new schools. Walmart's prices can't be beat and I'm happy we didn't all break the bank in the process. Plus the most important part - the kids LOVE the clothes too! And teens can be so difficult to please!
Now we are just hoping that spilled pencils are a good luck charm! Also don't forget that Walmart has FREE 2 DAY shipping & returns on orders over $35 - so don't worry if you have procrastinated. Walmart has you covered!
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