Are you smarter than a 5 year old???

I started buying my kids books before I even had kids.  I know, it's ridiculous!  But, you can never have too many books, right??

Ugh...yeah, you can!  You should see my closets!!

So I started putting new books into this bucket and when I was desperate to get the kids to listen to me or if I thought the kids deserved a treat, I'd let them pull a new book out of the bucket.  They ate it up!  They beg me constantly for books out of the bucket!  I only let them take a new one every few weeks or so....you've gotta keep it special :)

But it started getting expensive!  Buying all those books to keep that bucket full!!

So I got smart....

I started pulling the books from the bottom of their book piles in their rooms...you know, the one's they haven't looked at or read in ages...and I put those in the bucket!  Recycling at it's best, my friends!!

So far, they haven't once mentioned that they recognize that book or have heard this story before!!

They also haven't questioned why sometimes it takes us 5 minutes to drive home from the park and other days it takes us an hour (the days I'm trying to get Small to fall asleep in the car :)

Just gotta stay one step ahead of the smartest kid.....