Teacher's Gifts

We bake.  It's what we do around here.  And then we get some brown paper packages and string.  Well, almost.  Some ribbon, a cute container, and we have got gifts!  My poor visiting teaching gals might wish I could think of another process around here!  Think outside the box maybe.  A non-edible drop-off every now and then.  I am not sure that my creative juices extend that far outside of the kitchen.  We just bake.

We made a big batch of big, chocolate chip cookies.  We like them big, chunky, and crisp-on-the-outside-soft-in-the-middle.  Not every recipe yields such results.  We found a good one, and we have stuck to it!

And, we auditioned these Blueberry Crumb Bars, which were really great!  See Smitten Kitchen for this recipe. 

And then, we put together some super sweet gifts for the 2 teachers who made my kids' year super fantastic!

Dear Mrs. Zinc,

Thank you for making Landen's preschool mornings so fun!  

Sometimes I was really dragging him out of bed to get there.  

Not always with the happiest face.  

But, every time I picked him up, he was smiling and happy and proud of his 

little artwork, and excited about the bugs he got to see, and the plants he watched grow, and I know he enjoyed every minute of being at "his school."

Dear Mrs. Fotch,

Abbey can be one tough cookie...please eat these cookies and think of her!

We are so grateful to you for making her first grade year so amazing.  
She came home every day with story after story, and much praise for 
her favorite teacher in the whole wide world!  She learned tons and always 
wanted to do a good job to please you.  She knew she was special to
you and that made all the difference.