We Love Our Teachers

In an act of cruelty, the kids' schools scheduled "Love Your Teachers" week to coincide with the week of Valentine's Day parties. We were asked to show the teachers that we love them each day this week. Yeah, every day. Don't get me wrong, we love the kids' teachers so much, but this wasn't exactly the best week to throw in extra things to do each day.

I had a lot of creative ideas in mind for the week, but last weekend was not freed up to allow me to complete them, so I ended up throwing some things together at the last minute each night this week. I think it turned out okay, though.

Monday, I used one of my ideas leftover from last year and decorated some hand sanitizer bottles.




Tuesday, I cheated and wasn't crafty at all. Instead, we left the house a few minutes early that morning and picked up a Starbucks gift card on the way to school. (This was probably the first time I've been grateful that Cooper only attends school three days a week. Whew! That saved me on some gifts this week.)

Wednesday, I baked pumpkin bread in my mini-loaf pan. I know pumpkin is not a normal treat for February, but I just happened to have everything in my pantry to throw it together.


If you like pumpkin bread, this is a very yummy but super easy recipe to use.


Thursday, I took another easy road and picked up a Blockbuster gift card and paired it with a microwave popcorn package.


Friday, the kids delivered hand-size apple pies. I was originally planning to make raspberry-swirl cheesecakes for each of our teachers, but when I found this idea yesterday, I decided it looked extremely less time consuming. I was right!


Now, I'm ready for the weekend when I'm not going to bake or craft or do anything! Whew!