Teacher Appreciation Week

Orange you glad it's almost summer!

This was the theme for the Teacher Appreciation Gifts I did this year. Of course, if it weren't for Pinterest, I would have no ideas at all! I saw a couple of samples of this theme on Pinterest, and decided to create my own basket of goodies.  It was actually lots of fun to create them, and I lucked out and was able to get almost everything at my local Dollar Tree store. And I was able to get name brand goodies too. Each basket cost me around $12.50, which I thought was a pretty decent price.

I put in a combination of school supplies and yummy treats.

I used a plastic tablecloth and just cut off the orange patterned strips on either side of the white center. Some went into each bucket, and some I cut into strips to tie bows.

               
I found the orange printable from Sun Scholars blog and I hand wrote the "almost".






After delivering all the gifts yesterday, I'm happy to say that the teachers loved them! Have fun creating your own Teacher Appreciation Gifts.

Austin's First Day of Kindergarten

What a big day! Austin's first day in Kindergarten. He has been talking about it all summer. He was so excited. He got his school supplies and backpack two weeks ago, and has been showing it off to anyone who came near him! He has been talking about how "I'm 5 now and I know how it works". Such a smart kid! His first day went really well today, and I didn't cry a bit. There were plenty of other moms crying as they were leaving school, but I think both Austin and I were so excited for this next phase of his life that we didn't even think to cry over it. He had all the confidence in the world going into school, and hardly had time to say good-bye. James got off early so we could all pick him up together, and then we headed out to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate the big day. Such fun!