What to get your child’s teacher for a gift

My book cleared customs and should be delivered to Mills & Boon today. Yay! Now the real waiting begins.

Yesterday my house became a walking spice cabinet. My children discovered the wonders of those little glass jars that have cool stuff inside them. If you shake some of them, they make rattling noises. I saw no harm in it, as it kept them out of my way while I was making dinner, but I later found Italian spices on the end table, onion flakes on the floor, and my daughter was busily shaking a jar of red hots while jamming to 80’s music.

I’m still finding spices in various and sundry places.

Last night I managed to get another 8 pages done, which brings me up to page 148. Today won’t be all that good because I’m working and this is the last week of school. One of the things that is guaranteed to drive me over the edge is when I’m making those horrible phone calls to parents telling them, “I’m so sorry to tell you this, but Little Johnny did not pass history for the year. He’ll have to attend summer school.”

The common parental response? “Is there any extra credit he can do?”

Some day, I swear, I’m going to lose it and just go off like a cannon. I’m going to scream like a banshee, “NO! There’s not any extra credit! He hasn’t done the last seven homework assignments and you want to know if there’s any extra credit???? Gaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!” :confused2: ::Michelle breaks into hysterical laughter::

Also, this is an insider tip for all you parents who are lovely enough to get your child’s teacher a gift at the end of the year. First of all, we really do appreciate it. But food, chocolate, or gift certificates are the best of all gifts because they don’t require storage. Candles and knick knacks and teacher goodies are nice, but after a while, you just don’t have room for them. We’re pretty easy to please. If you want to wrap two homemade oatmeal cookies in some Saran Wrap and slap a bow on it, that’s just fine by us. There’s no need to spend a lot of money, really. But do know that teachers love little thank you gifts. Godiva is good, too.