School is back in session!

I love this time of year! Not just because the kids are back to school but because of all the school supplies that are offered. Yes, I'm an office / school supply junkie. This is a great time of year to restock the kids' school supply tote. I have an 18 gallon tote with a lid stocked well. I keep extra glue sticks, packs of paper, subject notebooks, erasers, pencils, pens, pencil cushions, tissues, highlighters, pocket folders, hole punched pocket folders, the list keeps going. By the end of the year the kids have used everything or close to it. I always shop at Target or Walmart for the best prices but sometimes I get lucky at Office Max.

Another reason I love this time of year is because now is the time to take in Dawes Auboritum. It's a wonderful place to take the kids and pack a picnic lunch. The kids like to go look at the Japanese Garden and walk over the little bridge on the pond. I've been toying with the idea of taking them to the Franklin Park Conservatory. I've heard some good things about them and I think we'd enjoy it.

Best of all, for me anyway, is the leaves changing color. I don't like to rake them up, but I do love to watch them change colors. I like to take the family and go for drives out old back county roads and see all the trees and small road side farm sales along the way.