teacher appreciation week

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i don't know when the official teacher's appreciation week is,
because finn's school celebrated last week and scoutie's school
is celebrating this week. i can't tell you how much i am looking
forward to the boys going to the same school next year where their
the school holidays, breaks, and special events will all be the same.  

so for the last several days,
the boys and i have been coming up with simple ways

to show their teachers that we really appreciate all their hard work.  

we've been baking, filling big mugs and pretty chinese take out containers
with chocolate chip cookies and other goodies, and including handwritten notes.
{scoutie would write notes all night if he had more teachers - he loves to write}

since we've moved into  the month of may and the school year is winding down,
finding a summer sitter has been the main thing on my mind.
i'm getting a little stressed out about it, and need to get an
advertisement posted soon or all the best students will be snatched up.

finn has told me he would prefer go to camps for the entire summer,

but i explained that he will only doing 2 or 3 because of the cost.

{they start at $250/wk and go up from there}. *sigh*

a full-time sitter for scoutie and full-time camps for finn is too expensive.

so between finding a good summer sitter and finding a home,

i haven't been able to think much about anything else.
my preference is to find a home before the start of the school year.