There Are No Index Cards Left in Charlotte

Maybe a slight exaggeration. But, today is the first day of school here in Charlotte, and certain supplies have become rather scarce. You may have thought, from reading this blog, that I already bought Ben all his school supplies. I may have thought so too. And then last week while we were away a letter came from his teacher, with an additional list of supplies. These included colored pencils, index cards and a box to hold them in, water colors, dry erase markers, glue, hand sanitizer, a plain white t shirt, a box of ziploc baggies, a zippered pencil pouch...

So tonight I went out in search of all these additional things, and after visiting 2 stores found everything except the index cards and the dry erase markers. Ben's new backpack is crammed completely full. Fortunately most of these supplies will be remaining at school and not coming home with him on a daily basis! I'll hopefully have one more shot tomorrow at locating the elusive dry erase markers and index cards, before his first day Thursday.