Cold & Flu: LL Bean

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Preparing for First Grade

Hi Moms, My son will be starting first grade in September and I'm trying to prepare for it. We home schooled for Grade K because we didn't have public K in our town last year - we live in NH. So this is all new to us. What will my son need to go to school - a backpack, lunch box, pencils, rulers, pens, notebooks? I don't know where to begin. Do 6 year olds need a backpack? What's a good one - something from LL Bean? What kind of lunch boxes work best? Do I supply him with pencils and erasers? Do first graders use pens? What about markers...

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A Question for All My Other 'Cold Weather Friends'...

It seems like I'm the only one that has the problem where my legs get and stay cold all day long! Everyone around me seems to be fine. My upper body stays warm, but no matter what, my legs are almost always freezing! I have good circulation. No diabetes. Great BP. I guess my main question is, do your legs get and stay cold or am I the weirdo? Also, if your legs do get cold, what do you wear during the cold weather months to keep warm? I want to come up with jeans lined with fleece or flannel or something. Something that I can wear to...