This is going to be a problem. I am looking across the table right now at something the kids will get so used to having when the inevitable supply chain dry up happens I don’t know if they will be able to cope.
I am talking about the Scholastic book order.
This picture doesn’t even do the order justice. There are a number of books that were taken upstairs before I took this picture. No, not like 3 or 5, something like 12 or so books. And it’s hard to see all the books because they are stacked 4 or 5 deep here.
What are we doing?
Now that Laura is a Kindergarten teacher the siren call of the Scholastic book order is even stronger than usual. Since she is a teacher she gets a certain amount of points for each order and those points can be used to order more books for her class. Our family has always enjoyed the Scholastic order, and now with even more of a reason, well, it’s getting ridiculous.
Whenever the kids got their Scholastic book order flyers we ordered books. And not just one or two, but several. As we got more kids and they began to read more we would order even more books with each order. At times we wouldn’t get a backpack full of books but a whole box.
Now that Laura has her own classroom and her own book order forms and Scholastic account we aren’t participating in through the kids classrooms, much to their teacher’s chagrins. There’s simply more incentive to order through mom’s account.
And order we do.
August, at the age of 10, is not just reading books, but whole series. He just wrapped up The Ranger’s Apprentice and has moved on to the Percy Jackson novels (including the sequel series and the Kane series). Déla at age 8 is beginning to read a lot as well with Beverly Cleary being just one of a variety of authors.
Yeah, we order a lot of books. The kids are spoiled because of it. And we’re okay with it.