happy mother's day

here is a card i made for brandon's 1st grade teacher. it is teacher appreciation week here and we picked her up a gift card at target. such a pretty gift card! i decided to include it in the front of the card.
teachers are wonderful! i mean, i can hardly stand my own 2 on days.....imagine a roomful of 30+ 6-7 year olds that AREN'T hers! and she comes back day after day to teach! bless all the teachers out there.
i also made some card sets to share on a later post. too tired and i'm on day 3 of a killer sore throat. i know i need to drink more water but makes it hard when you can't even swallow! any tried and true remedies for soothing a sore throat out there that you can share? i got this most likely from brandon. he was out 2 days from school this week, and skipped his swim lesson.....sharing cooties in our house!happy mother's day to everybody! i'm behind in making mother's day cards as the one above is my 1st one! my intentions are good but my body is tired :)

what brandon made in school

here is my mother's day gift from brandon that he made in preschool. it's a ginormous card and a rapper-style necklace with a picture medallion! (love the mug shot!) he's come a long way from the beginning of the school year. all the kids did painted handprints in the beginning of the year but brandon didn't want to do it was "too messy". it's partly my fault because i keep arts & crafts projects at our house neat so he didn't want anyone painting his palms! but look at that, he had his hand painted not once but 3x!!! i actually LOVE it when he brings home stuff like this! something to treasure forever!

here are the teacher appreciation cards we gave to brandon's 2 teachers. i made brandon write his name on the inside. he is getting better at writing his name and does it fairly quickly. he always runs outta room cause he writes sooo BIG!