***Official back to school thread***

[1UNI2ISU]

8th grader off for her last year of middle school this morning. Couldn't get out of the car fast enough...

 

[CRcyclone6]

Time for one more!!

Absolutely NOT

 

[BigTurk]

Do you work with Texas A&M alumni? Cause there may be a different reason they’re laughing than you think.

Nope, work for ISU.

 

[Clone Head]

Last summer I took my Chicago granddaughter to an ISU prospective student orientation. She was very impressed with Iowa State's marketing pitch. Last Saturday her parents moved her into her dorm room, So far she is very happy with her decision to attend ISU.

 

[madguy30]

I was this generation too but I get having a waterbottle too. 1 2 3 that's enough for me 3 or 4 times a day isn't enough water for a human.

Waterbottle is fine.

A $35 water bottle or something resembling it is pointless.

 

[Clonehomer]

Waterbottle is fine.

A $35 water bottle or something resembling it is pointless.

But I guess I see it that my kid is more likely to carry and remember a trendy water bottle than a run of the mill one. Kinda like a cell phone. My teenage driver can get by just fine with a flip phone. It has all of the features he needs. But if I get him the smart phone he wants, he’ll be more apt to carry it with him and not lose it so I can know where he is at all times.

 

[NWICY]

I hosted a back to school ice cream party last night for the neighborhood kids. Moms loved the boozy root beer floats.

You dog you

 

[bluestarcyclone]

Be sure to let us know whether you did indeed remember.

No update. She may still be waiting there right now.

 

[ABECyguy]

My daughter started middle school today. Must remember to pick her up.....

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It’s almost 9:00 pm and I haven’t seen an update yet with confirmation — @snowcraig2.0 Did you remember to pick up your kids?

 

[exCYtable]

Apparently water bottles are the "in/cool" things these days. I don't get it either, we told our daughter if she wanted a Stanley she was paying for some of it with her own money so that is what she did. Oldest started 5th grade and this summer we had some "I'm going to be the only kid in 5th grade without a smart phone" meltdowns. Well our school has a no-phone policy during school hours K-12 so we wound up with a compromise and got her a Gizmo smart watch that we have set to be in school mode during school hours so its pretty much just a watch during school. This is the first year she will ride the bus as middle school is in a different town so she will now have to make sure she gets to the bus stop in time in the morning when 1 of us isn't home and let herself into the house when she gets home so I guess the smart watch at least gives us a line of communication if she has and issue before or after school if someone is not home.

Youngest is in 2nd grade, we have before and after daycare at her school which is nice that we don't have to adjust schedules for drop off and pickup. Also nice that we only have 1 in daycare now too so that's $400 a month we are saving this school year.

I remember when Trapper Keepers and puffy Pac Man stickers were the cool things. Those were the days...

 

[CycloneDaddy]

You dog you

No mom talent on my street. @Tailg8er has the hot cross fit moms on his street.

 

[JP4CY]

Tough for me to complain about my kids water bottle when I was not the only parent at brunch day drinking and celebrating.

 

[ISpyCy]

My kids have already completed two weeks of school. Pitiful weaklings.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

It’s almost 9:00 pm and I haven’t seen an update yet with confirmation — @snowcraig2.0 Did you remember to pick up your kids?

Good news, all logistics went off without a hitch. Although schedule did get a little tight due to a bio issue with some questionable Kwik Star cheese balls.