Be a blessing to...

Your Child's Teacher!

I can't think of a better way to thank the person that teaches your child(ren) than with things they actually care about.  It does no good to get your child's teacher a Starbucks card if they don't like Starbucks. (Right mom?!) Not to mention, if you will take 5 or 10 minutes to get this typed up and printed it will save you TONS of time when you want to get them something special.  It eliminates most of the standing at the store, trying to figure what someone that you don't know that well, might actually like. For me, it has been so simple and I can usually put together something small very quickly.  In fact, I made Rylee's teacher and teacher's aid both Easter baskets and I was in and out of Target in about 15 minutes with everything I needed.  Here are the questions that I used:

20 Questions!

Teacher________________________

This is a fun little twist.  Instead of asking you 20 questions that you care nothing about, these are 20 questions to help me get to know you better! Please answer honestly. If you don’t it won’t benefit you like I hope it will.  I don’t want to be the reason you need to start a garage sale box!

1.     Where is your favorite place to get a morning drink from?

_______________________________________

2.   What is your favorite fast food restaurant? _______________________________________

3.   What is your favorite candy bar?

_______________________________________

4.   What is your favorite drink?

_______________________________________

5.   What is your favorite sit down restaurant?

_______________________________________

6.   What is your favorite clothing store to shop at?

_______________________________________

7.    What are your favorite flowers?

_______________________________________

8.   What is your favorite brand of pens?

_______________________________________

9.   What is your favorite Bath and Body scent?

_______________________________________

10. What is your favorite home scent?

_______________________________________

11.    What is your favorite dessert?

_______________________________________

12.  What is your favorite way to relax?

_______________________________________

 

13.  What is your favorite color?

_______________________________________

14.  When is your birthday?

_______________________________________

15.  What kind of music do you like?

_______________________________________

16.  Which is your favorite genre of movies?

_______________________________________

17.   Where is your favorite place to shop?

_______________________________________

18.  What is your favorite kind of food?

_______________________________________

19.  What is your favorite snack?

_______________________________________

20.  Are you married?   Yes      No      Children?     Yes       No

(If so, how many?)_______________

 

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this silly survey.  We are fully aware of how overworked and underpaid teachers are.  We want you to know that we will never take what you are doing in our child’s life for granted.  We know that the way we are able to give back to you is in no way a comparison to what you are doing in ____ life, but we do hope that at times it will help take the everyday stresses away! Please let us know if there is ANYTHING we can do to help!

R&M

Make sure if you have multiple children to inclue the spot for the teacher's name that way you don't get them mixed up.  If you have any other ideas for question, please leave them in a comment.  This can always be adapted.  It really is fun to bless them and I think that it maked a big difference to the teacher to know that the student's parents are in their corner! Like I said, this is just our idea. Take it and run with it and make it your very own!

 

 

My homemade Laundry soap

 I've had a lot of people ask me for this lately and some requests on facebook so I thought I would just add it to my blog! Why not right?! I'm bored and way over due to blog!

 

This is a powder recipe!

 

2 Fels Naptha soap bars (grate these on your box grater or put it through your food processor)
1 3 pound tub of oxi clean
1 box of borax
1 box super washing soda (make sure it's the washing soda NOT baking soda)
1-2 bottles of purex crystal...s (this is a softener but it's also for scent. I like it to smell longer so I usually get one big bottle and one small bottle)

Mix all together. It is low suds so it's HE safe. It is a powder so I recommend putting actually in the washer and not the pull out drawer that's on the HE machines (it tends to get goopy in there!)

You only use 1-2 tablespoons per load (I know it sounds crazy but it works) If you used the purex crystals you can put the finished mixture back into those bottles and the number 1 line of the purex lid is the amount you need to use. Built in measuring!!!

This lasted our family of 5 since last July!

Recently someone who equally shares my love for purex crystals found this lovely bottle of baby scented crystals so for this batch I will actually pull some of the mixture out before adding the crystals so that I can make a baby smell soap for my babies!!!! I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS!

 

If you prefer Liquid soap, here's your recipe!

 

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap

(Front or top load machine-best value)

Ingredients:

4 Cups - hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup -Super Soda wash½ Cup Borax

Directions:

-Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)
-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.
-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)
-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)