Thus it Begins....

School supply shopping for 170. 

I'm not sure how I get myself into these large, time consuming projects time after time after time...

but I definitely learned a few things from last year's experience (like getting an earlier start, not trying to do everything myself, and not storing everything at my house) and am hoping that this year will go much smoother.   

Here's a little glimpse at this year's shopping list:
1900 glue sticks
3500 pencils
387 composition notebooks
160 pairs of scissors
149 boxes of Kleenex
149 containers of Clorox wipes
144 boxes of crayons
207 highlighters
179 large pink erasers
76 rulers
84 packs of markers
76 packs of colored pencils
224 bright felt tip marking pens
plus many, many more items. 

I know, I know.  It's apparent that I need to get my head checked, but I'm  looking at it from the optimistic point of view in that I do this now for the PTA and I've done my duty for the whole year!  

Day 108--Soccer Teams

Today was a gorgeous Spring day and the kids finally got to get out and play soccer. Our ward has three teams--one for four-year-olds, one for five-year-olds, and one for six-year-olds. Each set of parents volunteers for something and pays $10. Not such a bad deal for a season of soccer and we save $110 PER CHILD! I was in charge of t-shirts and Glen is Adam's coach.

Adam and Ellie are both playing on their respective teams and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Adam took his soccer playing pretty seriously, and it looked like Ellie was too...for about 15 minutes before she started asking when it was going to be snack time. Leave it one my kids to get food involved!