keep calm and kiss on

Another little "Kiss me, I'm Irish" gift for my daughter's kindergarten teacher.  I found the acrylic basket with shamrocks on it at Michael's.  I filled it with kisses and attached some ribbon and a tag.  It was that simple!

kiss me,i'm irish

In keeping with trying to teach our children about community service we decided to adopt a convalescent home for St. Patrick's Day.  I called to ask if it would be ok and to inquire about how many residents there were- 44!  We explained to the children about how people in convalescent homes can get lonely and that it would be nice to do a little something to cheer them up for St. Patrick's Day.  I got some green bags at the craft store and our older two children helped stuff five kisses into each bag (five - since the bags were small- and then there would be one kiss from each of us).  We also included a little piece of gold paper that reads "kiss me, i'm irish" along with a gold paper shamrock.  We are going as a family to deliver them and I know that the response from the residents will be enough encouragement for my children to know in their hearts that they made someone happy!

cachepots & kisses

This year we gave the pre-school teachers mercury glass cachepots and snowflake ornaments, both from Pottery Barn.  I was going to make some snowball cookies to put inside the pots with a cute snowball poem, but I have been dealing with a nasty stomach bug, a husband who herniated a disc and a son with pink eye!  Crazy.  Anyway at the last minute I decided to put some Hershey kisses in them instead.  The note wished the teachers a Merry Christmas and a Happy and HEALTHY New Year and was signed kisses, and my son's name.  I wrapped the pots in cellophane and tied them with a beautiful turquoise satin ribbon.