Where have I been??? (you may ask)

I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

I think that I have way to much on my plate right now, (but what mom doesn't, right?)

Clean the house before my parents come into town, Laundry, pack for our trip, Carson needs a hair cut, Springer Easter egg hunt, my primary lesson, temple night, Scrapbook USA, Easter Bunny shopping, and so on, on top of the everyday stuff a moms needs to do already.

Well, as if this week wasn't crazy enough...teacher appreciation week is this week as well and since I am Lanie's room mom, I guess that means I have to add another thing to my to-do list.

Well, for all who know me, I CAN'T do things simple!!!

Call it a curse, but that is just me.

So, I put my thinking brain on and spent a lot of time on Mrs. Penrod's gift.

I wanted all the kids to be able to get involved with little money, so I had the kid's parents send me their kids favorite recipes. (most people would think that is plenty, but me...NOOOO, not a choice.) I then scrap booked all the recipes on a over-sized index card and put all the recipes into a recipe box, titled: Recipes Seasoned with LOVE.

(Again, most would think that was enough, BUT NOT ME.)

I went into the classroom and took a picture of each kid in Mrs. Penrod's class dressed as mini chefs AND had the kids write a special note to the teacher on the back of their recipe card.

With the help of Mindy Livingstone, I was able to add a darling handmade apron with the recipe box. It was the perfect addition to the gift.

On top of that...I had to go into the school and decorate Mrs. Penrod's classroom door.

So, keeping with my whole recipe theme, I took the pictures of each kid and put them on the door with a little recipe that I made up that related to Mrs. Penrod's class.

All an all, it turned out pretty cute and Mrs. Penrod was very pleased. She was so grateful and the kids had fun trying to find themselves on the door, not to mention how proud each of them were with their personal recipe card to Mrs. Penrod.

Being a room mom is fun, but with my personal curse of not being able to do anything on a small or simple level makes it tough, but worth it.

Lanie loves having me in there as and I enjoy seeing the other kids as well.

BUT honestly, I am glad that this project is done.