My 5-year-old son and I did some school shopping for the first time over the weekend. He is my oldest so it's the first time I'm going through the annual back-to-school shopping rush. Actually, I wanted to beat the rush by getting started early, but I think other parents must have the same thought because so many people were doing the same thing. It was exciting to see the list of items he needs for kindergarten -- fun stuff to have like markers, water color paints, scissors and a new backpack (red for the Wisconsin Badgers, he said). I told him what he needed, and he picked out the colors and designs he wanted. Green scissors (for the Packers), blue folder (for the Brewers), soccer folder (do you see a sports theme here) and other goodies. It got him excited about what's ahead and me feeling good about that.