Sunday, September 8, 2019

Annual Back to School Celebration...by Kristin Wallace

It's the most wonderful time of the year...no it's not Chrismas...yet. It's a wonderful time for parents as kids head back to school. I don't have kids myself, but I do enjoy seeing all the posts showing those "First day of (fill in grade)" pictures all over social media. Although, I have to admit that seeing pictures of high school friends who are now dropping their kids off at COLLEGE really freak me out. Aren't we all still 17? No one I know is old enough to have kids that age.

Seeing the kids in their brand new clothes as they head off for another year brings back a lot of memories. I remember taking that list of school supplies to the store and hunting down everything you need. Pens, pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, protractors, Trapper Keepers. Getting new textbooks that we promptly covered with brown paper bags, which we then “decorated”. In some schools, they don’t even have textbooks anymore, but a tablet like an iPad. I guess it does save their backs from having to cart around so many books, but you can’t cover them with a paper bag and draw on them.



There’s the wonder of getting your first locker, which didn't happen for me until Junior High. Or what we referred to as Junior High. Now, I think it’s called Middle School in most places. Where I went to school, we were in elementary school until fifth grade. Then some County official thought it would be a great idea to send all the sixth graders to one school. Can you imagine? A whole school of 11-12 year olds in one place? That’s like the basis of a horror film, right?

So since I can't share back to school photos of my kids, I will share a couple featuring a VERY cute little girl who happens to be me, circa Kindergarten. 

   

So tell me your favorite “Back-to-School” memories? Did any of you do the brown paper bag book covers? What kinds of traditions do you have with your kids now?

Kristin Wallace is the USA Today Best Selling Author of inspirational and sweet contemporary romance filled with “Love, Laughter and a Leap of Faith”. Her latest book, SECOND CHANCE HERO, is available now. 

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5 comments:

  1. Aww, Kristin, your pics are adorable! My kids are now grown, but I well remember the first day of school. It was always a special time.

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    1. Thanks for sharing some of your pictures. I now enjoy my grandchildren's first day of school. Times have definitely changed. I do remember one year with the brown paper. Lol

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  2. Thanks for sharing some of your pictures. I now enjoy my grandchildren's first day of school. Times have definitely changed. I do remember one year with the brown paper. Lol

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  3. I get to experience back to school nowadays with my two granddaughters.

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  4. I was just in New Jersey visiting my daughter and her family, so I got to see my granddaughters off for their first day of school. They were excited about their new backpacks. The older one loves the color teal, and her backpack is that color while the younger one has unicorns all over hers.

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