As I mentioned before I work with a crew of people that are extremely creative and generous. Last week the staff at my school put on a shower for HB’s impending arrival – Little Miss Maggie. I received so many gifts that will get put to use, but what was really touching was the amount of things that people made. Here is a quick recap of those items.
Cupcakes made by a parent of one of my students. Cute and delicious!
A sweater knit by Susan, our splendid principal.
A diaper changing bag/pad made by Jenna, who teaches 3rd grade, and Kylene, our Music teacher.
A sweater knit by Jenna.
A little bunny blanket made by Kylene.
A knit hat made by John’s sister-in-law.
A sweater knit by Ceres, our Developmental Kindergarten teacher.
A scrapbook display made by a parent of a former Destination Imagination student.
A fleece blanket made by Debbie, an Instructional Assistant.
A diaper cake made by Angela, a kindergarten teacher.
A tag blanket made by Pam, another Instructional Assistant.
THE quilt worked on by Ruthie, Karen, Cheryl, Jenna, Peggy, Martha, Karen, Annette, Pam, Kylene & Katie. I was mostly along for the ride on this one.
See, I work with creative and generous people. I held it together and didn’t cry over this outpouring of love until the shower was about 2 minutes from being over and John, our fantastic librarian, came up to me and handed me a gift card. He’d already given me the knit cap pictures above, but something about his matter-of-fact way of giving me a gift card put me over the top and my eyes started welling up with tears. Of course it wasn’t the gift card that did it – it was everything.
Maggie is such a lucky girl already and knowing how many people are excited and thrilled to welcome her into this world amazes me.
those are some pretty great presents. they tap blanket is genius!!! north is all about tags, you give him a stuffed animal and he is more interested in the tag than the toy!