Teacher Appreciation Week!

I love my job! Everyday I enjoy waking up and going to work! But I won't lie...I miss the days of being a teacher. I was a Kindergarten teacher and a first grade teacher. My husband is a teacher. My mother in law is a teacher. My sister in law is a teacher. My uncle and aunt (in-laws) are both teachers. My grandma was a teacher in Manila. I come from a family of educators. I think teaching is one of the most amazing yet stressful jobs ever!!

You get to form relationships and teach these wonderful kiddos while being responsible for them and protecting them. You feel like they are your babies at school! I even feel like that with my 8th graders. If you are the right kind of teacher...you love those students and will do anything to keep them safe and point them towards success.

Every year when it comes the time to celebrate and appreciate teachers....I know there is not enough I can do. They are everyday heroes that sometimes have to take on the role of nurse, motivator, parent, advocate, care taker, and so much more. How do you show appreciation for that??? This year is no different. All I can say is...tell a teacher how much you appreciate all of their hard work, long hours, sweat, tears, and love into what they do.

And when all else fails...turn to Pinterest...haha! Unfortunately, I didn't have time for that. Who does?

This year, I was short on time and on a budget. I wanted to find fabulous things for Grayson and Ella's teachers so I did what anyone would do and headed to Groovy's. If you haven't been to Groovy's then...BLESS.YOUR.HEART! You are missing out, friend. I swear I feel like they are family!

Here is a link to their store because you can now shop online!! Click here for pure joy!!
And while I am advertising...let me just share with you another shop that has super, CUTE, affordable jewelry and accessories!! It is called Simply Kate and you can find it here! Here is a glimpse of some of their stuff!!

$8.00 and adorable!!!

Now back to Teacher Appreciation Week!!!

These are not in any order and I sure hope none of the kids' teachers are reading this! : (
Here is my hot mess of a work area. And by the way, you may be admiring those pens. I think every gal that follows the Momfessionals blog now has those and they are the best.pens.ever. You can find them here!

The first thing I got were these autoglam car fresheners. One of the days at Ella's school was candles and since I thought they may be getting 22 candles, this might be something different. They are by Tyler Candle Co.

Next up....cute bracelets from Groovy's. We thought we would add a little bling... plus Grayson really wanted to get his teachers jewelry!

Then good ol' candy...can't wrong and it's easy!

Then I started trying to find cute stuff that was a good price and from here...I had to get creative (aka cheesy)...haha! This may even be humorous. I am a nerd so if you know me you are probably already laughing at all of this.

Get it "Vera" (vera Bradley) and very??? Yeah, I know I stretched that one a little too far. Hah!

Decorative frames for their desks

I know it's cheesy but it is such a cute, little, monogrammed mirror.

Cross earrings from Groovy's

Last I love this brand... Natural Life. They have such cute, unique, hippie-chic types of gifts. One of the days at Ella's school was flowers so I really stretched this one. I mean, hey...the key chain has a flower ON it!

So hopefully this blog post did one of the following:

1. Helped you with ideas.
2. Helped you learn about some cool, new shops.
3. Or...gave you a good laugh at how cheesy I can be and how I try TOO hard to make something work!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week and I hope you let the teachers in your life know how absolutely fabulous they are!!!