End of Year/Teacher Appreciation Gifts. What do you buy?

As I mentioned in my fruit-sculpture post yesterday this week is teach appreciation week. I am on the board of Athena's school's PTO and we put on a luncheon for them and gave the teacher lounge a Keurig. The year is almost over so this has me thinking end-of-year thanking as well. This is Athena's very first teacher, she really likes her, and watching my child blossom has been an incredible gift. Since I've never dealt with teachers in this capacity before, what's the protocol on Teacher Appreciation/End of year gifts? What do you do?

End of year/teacher appreciation gifts: Do you buy them and what do you spend?
	Yes! $25+
	Yes, a small gift $5-$10 max.
	A card and flowers/plant.
	A child-made card.
	No gifts.
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(Also accepting gift ideas.)

Look at my kid! - Honor Roll Edition

Sweet Miss Athena Bee. 

I remember when she was just a wee babe poopin' in her Bumbo. 

Now here she is all grown up. A daggone HONOR ROLL student. What's next? Driver's license?!

Girlfriend earned herself a free taco. We are STOKED!

Louis has promised her a trip to the pet store and Gammy and I shall take her out to eat. 

Good grades are a BIG deal up in this family!

Mazol Tov, Ms. Bee!

Another First for Athena

It might look boring but boring is good when it comes to this form. What you are looking at is one perfect progress report for a Miss Athena Bee. I'm so proud. Treats will be purchased and fun will be had. I hope it's the first of many.

Elves and Fairies. The Brocus Abode is chock full of magic.

I decided to do the creepy Elf on the Shelf thing after Athena found a random weird elf in our attic. We bought our house as an estate and a lot of stuff was left. This apparently includes creepy elves.... either that or he really did appear her from the North Pole. That's what we're letting Athena think.

Here he is fraternizing with Barbies. He's a randy elf.

THEN Athena lost her first tooth! She was wrestling with her dad and spit it out into his hands. She seems unimpressed.

But she thinks the hole is rad.

As much as I wanted to do it, Louis called dibs on being the tooth fairy. He gave her cash, coins, an Ohio State Pez, and a hand written letter. SHE FREAKED OUT WITH EXCITEMENT!

Parenting is the coolest. Kids make everything so much more fun.

LATE BREAKING ATHENA NEWS!!

We interrupt this Wordless Wednesday post to bring you the most current Athena Elizabeth Kindergarten news.

Sources closest to the kindergartner (me, her mom) have been told by her that she has been on her first date. It seems Athena has had a strong desire to visit "The Snack Cart" in the lunchroom but hasn't been allowed to until her mother comes in and surveys the situation. Athena wasn't taking this laying down. After all, she 5 years old now. Practically a teenager.

Pictured here doing the exasperated teen stare.

It all started yesterday. A boy named Lucas has been sitting by her at lunch and declared her his "honey bunny." Today she expressed her cherry beverage desires to the young boy and he quickly walked her up to the snack cart and purchased her this drink even though this meant he had no money left for himself. Athena greatly enjoyed this escapade and has asked if she can return the favor via cookie purchase tomorrow.

I'll allow it.

Wednesday morning she will be showing me who Lucas is, and since it's UM/OSU spirit day at school, she will be reporting back to her father if Lucas is in appropriate Ohio State attire.

We will not be telling Lucas that Athena asked me if I thought "Tucker" was cute.

We have a loose toof!

Today Athena informed me that her tooth hurt. I was concerned thinking she had another daggone cavity in her daggon British teeth. However, upon further inspection I found she has two loose teeth. After many tears and screams, I finally convinced her that having the Tooth Fairy come is super rad and she should let me take a picture of her wiggling it with her tongue. So pictured above is Athena wiggling her tooth and showing her MagnaDoodle drawing of what her mouth feels like.

Next up? Tooth extraction. Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!