Not My Favorite Recyclables!

Am I the only mother that dreads the last week of school? It's not so much the busy-ness that accompanies this week, but more the cleaning out of lockers, backpacks and classrooms. It's nice to get back some unused school supplies but what am I to do with all those workbooks that my child won't let me put in the trash? My favorite? The half-used spiral notebooks that beg to be finished before being recycled. Today, Porter met me at the door dragging his backpack. Three feet of old National Geographic magazines that he vows he will read everyday. No way. I made him give at least half away. And there were a lot of takers! How about the pencil bag full of stubby pencils, pen casings, mechanical pencil parts, wrangled paper clips, and erasers that crumble? Those teachers are smart. They know nothing will have to be dragged to the trash on their last day as they've sent it all home with their students!