Remember the Beverly Hillbillies' old stompin' ground,
Silver Dollar City? Well, that's where we're going tomorrow!!!!! (poor dad has to stay home) It isn't all glass-blowin', taffy-pullin', hillbilly-talkin' fun--- well, there's plenty of that but there are also all sorts of rides, shows, and crafts. Good times! ;-) I haven't been to Silver Dollar City in several years, so I'm really looking forward to it. Here is a little glass-blowin' for your viewing pleasure.....
Branson, MO is also the home to loads of outlet malls. Bonus! We'll be shopping till we drop, and then school starts again for me on Monday, and the girls' first day of kindergarten is on the 13th.
It makes me so sad that my babies are starting school, although I'm not getting any younger so I guess I should be happy. Sigh.....
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Sob. I'm a teacher so I totally 'get' supply lists, but I simply don't understand kindergarten supply lists (can you tell I teach older kids?). Anyway, I'm supposed to buy 2 boxes of 8 crayons. That makes no sense to me. Why can't I just buy 1 box of 16??? And no pencil box---I'm supposed to get a 6 x 9.5" pencil pouch. What? Germ-X hand sanitizer is also on the list. Doesn't anybody simply wash their hands with soap and water anymore? Ah, the perils of school supply shopping. ;-)
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And the supplies are so darn expensive! It's a tragedy. My brother is a minister in Tulsa and he organized this huge outreach in an urban area in Tulsa to provide free haircuts, hundreds of backpacks pre-filled with the county supply list, new tennis shoes, lunch boxes, and the health department sends over some staff to give kids their required physical to start school. It's amazing how that one day has given these challenged families an opportunity to start school on the same footing with other kids.
Ummm yea, every year my brother gets a donation out of me. Of course, then again I give to everything. I'm a sitting duck.
OK, let me explain this to you from a kindergarten teacher's perspective. They want you to get two boxes of 8 crayons because they don't want all those extraneous colors that would come with a larger box. In other words, they want 2 of each basic crayon color. Get it?? Pencil boxes break; pencil cases don't. Have you been in a kindergarten classroom lately? You need a VAT of hand sanitizer. You can only fit so many kids at a sink at one time and if you expect them to wash their hands every time they stick their fingers in their noses or some other orifice (which is ALL DAY LONG, trust me on this one), you need a ready source of disinfection! Having said all that, I don't require my K kids to supply anything except a donation of a box of tissues if they choose. Those go like hotcakes. Kindergarten is nothing if not messy and gross business. When do you go back anyway?
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