Have you ever wondered just how much your kids are actually listening when you tell them to use something up before they throw it out. Like the shampoo, or the honey bottle: Make sure you turn it upside down and let every little drop drip to the mouth of the bottle that you can possibly get out of that bottle.
Well, as I was straightening up this week, I came across something that made me laugh.
This is a pencil, what is left of one anyway, that my 15 year old son had amidst the 'stuff' he collects in his pockets. I'd had him empty his pockets into a container a few weeks ago, then forgot to have him sort thru the container, so THERE it SAT.
I giggled as I realized he really DOES use up his pencils till they just can't be used anymore. While the flip side are all his siblings that can't seem to hold on to their pencils for a whole week, and I KNOW I had to have gone thru at LEAST a 24pk of pencils each month of school. Now I have proof why my oldest almost never said he needed more pencils.!!
Honestly though, I'm a Good Mom, I DO give my kids access to pencils that are still long enough to comfortably FIT in their hands
:o)
Have a lovely evening. I'm off to find my son a clicky pencil. I know he'll eventually ask for leads, and still be able to hold his pencil appropriately. :o)
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