It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Do you love shopping for back-to-school supplies like I do?  All those penny deals and ridiculously cheap pencils, erasers, and crayons!  All the glue sticks may seem excessive, but I bought fewer last year and we didn't even make it to May!  I will find a better hiding spot for the back-up stash this year. 

What is your back-to-school supply weakness?

Homeschool Chic with Books

I love books.

Really. 

I have a library card.  My daughter has a library card.  The limit on each card is 30 books.  There are times when we can't check any more books out.

Do you realize what that means?

I love books.

I also have a two-year old. 

He also loves books, but he loves books in a different way than I do.  He loves to walk on them and throw them, and sometimes lick them.  Why else do they put pictures of food in books?  He's learning.  But I still don't necessarily trust him around 60 a lot of library books.

Many of the books we borrow are specifically for "school" so I want them to visible and accessible rather than shoved away in a drawer, protected, but unused.

My solution to this dilemma will never make it into Better Homes and Garden or the Decorating Hall of Fame.  I use my fireplace mantel as a book display.  It keeps the books up and inaccessible to a 2-year old, but visible, accessible,and even appealing for a 6-year old and sometimes a 4-year old.

And really, is decorating with books so bad?