Janet

<<If they were in school, would you begrudge them a classroom full of
supplies
and cool stuff? Would it bother you that they didn't consider what the lab
equipment cost or the fundraising needed to build that new gym or where the
teacher was going to store the classroom games? You don't have to have all
or any of the stuff on my list. You can get what *does* interest your kids
(and you!).>>

This is what I try to tell my dh when he complains that I buy the kids too
much stuff! My response is always that they need new and cool stuff around
because they DON'T go to school! I get lots of stuff from tag sales, thrift
stores, e-bay, etc.

Janet, mom to Caroline, 7, and Thomas, 3.

Sponsor me in the Suzuki Rock & Roll Marathon as I raise money for the
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I'll be running in honor of my 3 yr old son,
Thomas, who was diagnosed with leukemia in Oct. 2000. E-mail me
jefhdvm@... for details!