Finals on the Holiday Gifts

The word came from the parent committee that since not every class collected the same way for Miss Marta and the floater teachers, they would take care of gifts for them ($50 AmEx card for Miss Marta and $20 movie gift certificates for the floater teachers), and that we should put whatever we collected towards our teachers. I decided to even it out and put $110 in Candice and Krystin's envelopes, and $65 in Farah's. The cards all say "Happy Holidays from the 3's!"
Sadie and I got cinnamon rolls baked (you put enough cheese sticks in that child and she'll calm down and do anything), so we're sticking some of those in with our holiday cards tomorrow morning. Hope you'll add a card or something too! :)

Holiday Gifts Update

So far I have three large baskets ($22 from Michael's craft store), and three poinsettia plants ($18 from Stop and Shop). There's more room in the basket on the left than shows in the picture! Please feel free to add something personal (card, goodies, whatever) from your family to the baskets on Tuesday morning.

Our total gift fund for our teachers is $300, minus $40 for the baskets and plants, so we have $260 to work with.

I'll head over to the bank on Monday and get some nice crisp new bills -- $100 each for Krystin and Candace, and $60 for Farah to tuck inside the cards from the class.

I haven't passed on our contribution to the parent committee yet as I haven't heard back from them on whom I'm supposed to give it to -- will keep you posted on that.

Fall Fund Update

Fall Gift fund total so far: $312 (for Krystin, Candace and Farah, plus the class contribution to the parent fund for Miss Marta and the other staff). For our three, that works out to $120 each for Krystin and Candace, and $60 for Farah, and $12 to give to the overall fund.

Class slush fund: $44

Anyone who hasn't contributed and would like to, please tuck your contribution in the manila envelope in Sadie's mailbox in the room. What do you all think about aiming for giving the gifts on Pajama Party Day -- the last Tuesday before the vacation? If you think that day will be too crazy, maybe we could shoot for that Wednesday? To make this as easy as possible, I'm thinking about putting baskets or gift bags for each of them on top of the cubbies with the envelope and note saying it is from the class, maybe a plant also? If you'd like to tuck a personal card or note in for each of them, please do so (or cookies, a picture from your child, or whatever else you want to manage ... I'm going to aim for baking something but it depends on how crazy life is).

Any other ideas that sound better? I'm up for just about anything that's relatively easy and nice for them.