Back to School Shopping Phase 1 Complete!

I took my little people shopping for their backpacks and lunch boxes today. Before we actually went to the store, I looked online at a few places online to get an idea of the prices so I wouldn't have sticker shock! I didn't show them what I had found before I asked them what they had in mind. Lady Bug knew immediately what she wanted, so that was easy: something exactly like what she had last year. It was pink and covered in glitter. Fortunately, The Children's Place (one of my favorite stores!) had a backpack almost identical to the one we bought at Academy last summer. She debated between two choices before she picked the one I really wanted her to have. :)

 

 

BMan on the other hand wasn't quite as easy, unfortunately. I thought we had already made the decision to get one backpack and a non-matching lunchbox. Once we got to the store, all of that changed! He saw the other, not-mom-approved options. 

"BMan, you have two choices," I said. "Camo or sports?"

Cute, right?

 

No such luck. This is what he just had to have:

I mean really. He's four. Ugh. So I called my husband from the store to get his opinion on the subject. "Pick your battles. He's going to like things that you don't. If you get him a bag he doesn't want, he's going to fight you on it all year." Sheesh. Every once in a while, he's the voice of reason. Usually that's my job.

 

Being the smarty-pants that I am, I thought I'd try a compromise. Again, he's four. Suggesting that he get a flames lunch box and one of the other backpacks didn't work. At one point, I thought I had Lady Bug doing the dirty work for me. BMan asked her if she liked the flames. As I stood behind him, facing her, I suggested she tell him no by shaking my head at her. He walked away, proudly taking his big sister's advice, ready to put the bag away. She and I shared a private high-five before realizing he didn't really care what she thought after all. Turkey.

 

I hope you're having, or have already had an easier time shopping for backpacks. Somehow I presume we all share similar experiences. The joy of being a parent!

 

***Here's my super cool little people with their new digs!***