Life as a Leach

I give a lot of gifts to teachers, therapists, and our nurses.  I believe in the power of a thank you note and a little thinking of you  every now and then.  As a teacher, I know how much it means to me when someone remembers the job I do.  Teachers (and therapists and nurses!) work super hard for not a lot of money, so I think it's important to say thank you ...and often!!!! Thank you, Ms. Nancy and Ms. Karen!! Thank you, Ms. Katie and Ms. Amy!!  For an end of the year gift for Caleb's teachers, I made each teacher a set of clothes pins magnets.   I originally heard the idea when we made them at MOPS, but I decided to keep the ones I made!  :)   Most of these were made with craft supplies I already had.  I did buy some ribbon so that they looked more like a set.   The cool thing with these is that Caleb was able to help with them.  He picked out the ribbon color and the flowers for each one, although I d...

I'll admit it.  I have developed a Pinterest problem.  As much as I try not to get sucked in, the wonderfully crafty ideas are just too much for me to handle! So I went right to Pinterest to look for some gifts for Teacher Appreciation Day.  We have a lot of teachers these days:  Caleb's 4 teachers, Abby's 3 therapists, and her 3 nurses.  They're all teachers in their own way, and we like to say thank you with little gifts every now and then. For Caleb's teachers and Abby's therapists, I made Emergency Chocolate pull-tab cans based on this post.   I found this quite some time ago and have been saving the tin cans that Caleb's mandarin oranges come in ever since!  The pull-tab stays in tact because you open the can of oranges from the bottom using a can opener!  Cool, huh? I typed up a little narrative explaining when the chocolate was to be used...in case of emergency only!  Abby's and Caleb's are slightly different. "The cont...