Todays teacher gift and my new $8 umbrella!!!

Today the kids took baskets of homemade cookies into their teachers adorned with a vintage postcard. Tomorrow they are taking in this cute little plant with the "Thank you for helping me grow" tag.

Today I went to The Plum Tree to drop off some cards I had made and to check out what Cindy had gotten on her shopping trip. I was stunned at all these old umbrellas she had hanging from the ceiling...I had to have one and hung mine here at home. It's definitely my new favorite thing and only $8!!!

I am off to watch the wedding on Grey's Anatomy and then to bed...I am subbing in Kindergarten tomorrow.

Teacher gifts

Since this week is Teacher Appreciation Week I thought I would share what I am sending in with my kids each day. Monday they took in dressed-up morning coffee.

Here is what they took yesterday.

The top 10 lists were hits last year so I thought we should do them again today...another hit.

Ben's #2 thing he wanted for his birthday was an Atlanta Hawks jersey. His #1 wish was a LeBron James jersey and thanks to his Nana who searched high and low in cyberspace and spent a small fortune, he got one. All just in time for the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs who are those 2 teams. And to top that, Steve got us tickets to Game 3 in the NBA playoffs...Saturday, Hawks against the Cavs so look for us on TV...should be fun...since it's already into round 2 Atlanta and the fans are pumped up.

Here is Ben this morning strutting his LeBron James jersey and his new LeBron James shoes.

Ben is 9!

I can't believe my Ben is nine! We had a family party with the beloved cousins, aunts and uncles and Steve's mom came yet again from Savannah. Ben didn't want a regular cake so I made a Rice Krispie one.

Here are the kids playing school in Madi's room. Ms. Deedee is the teacher. Ms. Deedee had to send Ben to the Principles office...at least they were all having fun.

There was a slumber party too! Everyone tried to read to settle down. It was a fun fun celebration for Ben.