The first day of school.
Posted by Michelle on August 31st, 2009 . Filed under: Uncategorized .So here’s some pictures of the kids in front of the house this morning – Rob just took them to daycare so that they can both get in to the routine of getting to school from there, and then in a few minutes I’ll leave for the school to go put money on their lunch accounts, pay K’s tuition (she’s in the all-day kindergarten that you pay for), and go to her class…to say goodbye *more tears*
And since you didn’t come here to see my kids – LOL – here’s a little teacher gift I made for them to give to their teachers this morning. Gifts on the first day of school – – really? I see bunches of girls on the blogs and the message boards talking about what they are sending and I guess I have to keep up with the Joneses.
Not knowing if the teacher likes chocolate or Jolly Ranchers or coffee or anything about them at all yet, I went with safe. I picked up some of those colored metallic butterfly clips for $1.44 a pack – 2 for each teacher – so a $2.88 gift for each teacher. I ran a glassine bag through the Big Shot with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, adhered some patterned paper at the bottom with my usual glue runner (but when I cut the paper, the sides opened so I had to staple too) made little taggies with the Teacher’s Apple stamp set, tied that and a button on to a butterfly clip securing the bag closed, and then tied a piece of Raspberry Fizz ribbon around the patterned paper and I was done.
So now I’m off to the school to say goodbye to my baby as she starts this wonderful journey of fun and learning – – the class of 2022 she is; I bet that’ll fly by. I’m off today so after that I’m gonna get me a mocha and have a moment, then come home and bake a cake for her (I did that for my son too when he started kindergarten 2 years ago) – – and then it’s cards for me!
Have a great Monday!
August 31st, 2009 at 8:46 am
Awww, I'm sure she'll have a wonderful day! Your teacher gifts are awesome, and I'm sure they will love them : ) Yum, cake sounds good! You are so good about making your kids feel special!
August 31st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Awww so cute! And great idea on the gifts…I tried something as a gift today and it came out CRAP! But maybe I can handle this LOL
Oh… and I made Chocolate Chip Cookies on DDs first day of Grade Primary last year…I totally get that!
August 31st, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I like the safe route of school supply stuff. I don't think you can go wrong there! I hope it ended up being a great day for your kiddos. I love to see your little girl wearing a dress. Mine wore dresses all last week and finally wore pants today. I hope you had a fun card day!