Teacher Appreciation

 

We've been attending the same Mother's Day Out program for four years and can you believe in all that time there has never been a teacher appreciation day???  Those teachers work hard every day and give so much love and attention to the kids.  My good friend Gayle and I decided it was time to really show them just how special they are to us and our kids.  We sent out letters to all the parents 2 weeks ahead of time and specifically asked them to being an item to contribute for a breakfast & lunch we wanted to serve.  We also decided to use some of my butterfly finds from Mother's Day and go with the same theme to make it easy and cute.  The parents really went above and beyond our expectations and the teachers enjoyed a wonderful breakfast of breakfast casserole, bagels and cream cheese, donuts, fruit salad... Unfortunately, I of course forgot to get pictures in the midst of all the prepping!  But I do have pictures of lunch!  And what a spread they had!

 A beautiful salad one of the parents made.

 

Tortilla and Lentil Soup.

 

Pasta Salad.

 More fruit.

Lots of Sandwich fixings.

And check out these super cute cupcakes my friend Summer made!  Cupcakes in a jar.  She said she baked them in the jars, dumped them out, sliced them and then layered the icing and butterfly sprinkles in the middle.  Then she glued the butterflies to the spoons and tied them on the jars.  They loved these!!

I also did more chocolate molds and made butterfly pops.

Lots of cookies and delicious cakeballs made by my friend Colleen too!  She makes the BEST cupcakes and cookies! 

I also found these adorable butterfly bowls that we also filled with Hershey Kisses and Hugs, tied them with tulle and ribbon, and hung tags from them as little gifts for all the teachers.  --FORGOT the pic! :(

One of the teachers came in during lunch and said she felt like she was on a cruise because she just got to eat a lavish breakfast and then got served this beautiful lunch! :)

Lots of the kids brought flowers and presents to show their thanks.  The teachers even got a little monetary surprise from a very generous family! Boy were they excited about that!

I spent all day up at the school and the kids were so surprised to see me in the halls at times.  Here's Emily running to me when she spotted me down the hall.  SO glad I had my camera with me to capture this moment of pure joy! That's Emily's BFF behind her in case you are wondering and one of her teachers Ms. Becca.

The teachers really deserved a special day to be recognized just for them and it was long over due.  I hope they know how special they are to me and my kids.  Both girls are attending new school next fall so I will truly miss these special ladies and I know my kids will too!