End Of Year Teacher Appreciation Gift

Wow another year has come and gone and my little man is not so little anymore.  With his last day of grade 2 tomorrow we are excited for the summer to begin but we had a blast this year.  His teachers have been great and he has learned so many new things.

Our teachers work so hard so at the end of the year I love to give them a little gift of appreciation, you know since they see them more than we do.

This year I thought I would put together a little beach bag with all the essentials. I found a cute little bag and then added a towel, magazine and a custom water bottle.  

       

 Keegan sat down with me and picked out the colors and the vinyl decal he thought would be best for each teacher. 

Although I know it is just a small gift for all their hard work I hope they enjoy it.

Birthday Season In Full Effect

Ahh Birthday season in this house is fast and furious.  By the end of the third one it all feels a little bit like a whirlwind.  Well 2 out of 3 have come and gone and we had a fantastic time.  

I still can't believe that my oldest son is 8 years old.  How crazy is that!!!  It seems like it was just yesterday that our lives changed and our little family had began.  

I told Keegan you pick whatever kind of cake you want and I will make it so he decided a monster truck cake was his pick.  

 Thanks to Jessicas Cake Blog for the tips on how to create this.  

 The truck is made out of Rice Krispie and carved in the shape of a truck  

There was a point when I was making this one that I thought he might just get a tire, lol.  

This year Keegan decided he wanted to go rock climbing so we had 6 boys and one little peanut that gave it a shot and they all did such a good job. 

 This was Chase's first time climbing and this guy certainly has no fear.  Right to the top on the first go.

Even though Makai was too little to get harnessed and climb to the top he wasn't going to let that stop him.  I think he is ready for the big leagues. 

I love giving personalized water bottles for favors, it is something that the kids will use and since and isn't a throw away favor. 

My kids favorite Birthday favor is the personalized t-shirts.  For this party we used a rock climbing image and their names.

They come so far in such a short time.