What are your back-to-school traditions?

When I was growing up, the one true sign that summer vacation was over was the presence of the local fair in a nearby town. The big thing for my sisters and me was to go to the fair at least a couple of nights of the week it was running with our friends, hang out, eat lots of fair food, and — when we were older — check out boys.
Now that I am the mother of two grade-schoolers, I've passed on the fair-going tradition. It's a last hurrah for the summer.

This tip is from Real Simple reader MELANIE CLARK, Fairmount, Illinois