Officially, there’s only one day left until school starts, and today we went to buy his uniform, a new backpack, pencil case, lunchbox, etc.—a little bit of everything. It’s quite a big expense, but not impossible. We still need to get school supplies—they haven’t given us the list yet, so that’s still pending… The plan was really to buy just a few things, but my son is growing extremely fast. It’s impossible to keep using the same clothes for so long; most of them are already too tight on him, and he’s lost almost all of his socks.
So we decided it would be best to buy him almost everything new, including his backpack and other supplies, so that he might be much more excited to start this new school year.
Most of the things we bought for him were two sizes larger than what he usually wears, so they'll last longer and he feels more comfortable in loose-fitting clothes; everything fit him really well. My son was a little stressed—he doesn't like trying on clothes, hahaha—but he got excited when he went to the backpack section.
Well, in the end we bought him 3 shirts, a pair of pants (he already has another pair at home that’s almost new), a pair of sweatpants, a T-shirt, 3 pairs of shoes, socks, a school sweater, a pencil case, a backpack, a lunchbox, a notebook, and crayons. We already have pencils here; we just need to get the school supply list so we can buy the rest.
Even though the individual items weren't expensive, it ended up being pretty pricey overall because we bought a lot of little things; we charged over $150 to our credit card.
We're all set to start classes, so at least that's one less thing for me to worry about. It wasn't easy, but we made it.