School supply shopping - a mother/child bonding moment

I am so excited. I just discovered that at least one of my kids has a similar interest as me -back to school shopping!!! He actually wanted to go along and enjoyed every last minute of it.

(At least that's the memory I will hold on to forever.) 

I remember when I was younger I loved to get new school supplies. I swear that even the smell was alluring (pencils? erasers?).  A brand new trapper keeper, lunch box, and spiral notebooks with unicorns - what more could a girl want???

Driving home the unthinkable happened. My son said he wished school would start tomorrow. I asked why and his answer was "so I can start using my new supplies".  My heart swooned.

I was quickly brought back to reality when my youngest (who didn't want to shop with us) was severely disappointed at his lack of a new sharpie marker for kindergarten.   He couldn't understand why kindergartners don't get sharpie markers.  I'll let you ponder the top 100 reasons yourself.