i really love the smell of new crayons. this week i came to a sad realization. ethan had homework to color and eli had a new coloring book that we were working in. we couldn't find a red crayon anywhere. we had that strawberry red and the orange red colors, but not a true red. the boys were also complaining because somehow most of the crayons were no longer than an inch. it then dawned on me that these were all the crayons we had in the house!
for shame!
once, a few years ago i happened to come across an overstock of crayons on some website. each box of crayola crayons was just 9 cents! (for a box of 24) i ordered something like 20 boxes. even with shipping it was less than $5.00. that was awesome. i love it when stuff like that comes along. this time i couldn't find anything close to that. everything i found was like boxes of 8 for over $2! NO way. so this morning i broke down and made a quick trip to wal-mart. eli and i happily bought a big box of 120 crayons. i opened them up before we even left the parking lot! they smelled so good! i said, "eli, smell this." he inhaled and replied, "i love it mom!" there is a boy after my own heart.
when we got home i taught him how to use a crayon sharpener to keep them sharp enough for good coloring. we sniffed them some more and are both happily coloring Mickey Mouse...
for shame!
once, a few years ago i happened to come across an overstock of crayons on some website. each box of crayola crayons was just 9 cents! (for a box of 24) i ordered something like 20 boxes. even with shipping it was less than $5.00. that was awesome. i love it when stuff like that comes along. this time i couldn't find anything close to that. everything i found was like boxes of 8 for over $2! NO way. so this morning i broke down and made a quick trip to wal-mart. eli and i happily bought a big box of 120 crayons. i opened them up before we even left the parking lot! they smelled so good! i said, "eli, smell this." he inhaled and replied, "i love it mom!" there is a boy after my own heart.
when we got home i taught him how to use a crayon sharpener to keep them sharp enough for good coloring. we sniffed them some more and are both happily coloring Mickey Mouse...
4 comments:
Mindy your so funny! You always make me think about stuff that I never think about, Crayons huh?
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New crayon smell is amazing. they should bottle it :)
You, my friend, are a good mom. I don't think my kids know about the crayon sharpener :)
Nice to hear from you miss "I got everyone turned onto blogging but have been sadly negligent myself".
I do know what you mean. I love the smell of new crayons. I also love the smell of old books. (sans mildew) What would the smell be like of coloring in an old coloring book?
Jacob
P.S. I need your neew phone number.
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