1200 cookies...

The principal at my kids' school is retiring, after 40 years. We are all so sad to see him go. We've only been at Redeemer Lutheran for a year, but it has been the biggest blessing for my family and my kids. It is the best school! Today's church service was all about celebrating Mr. Kieschnick, and his years of service. They had a huge barbecue lunch after church, and I was asked to provide the dessert. 1200 cookies! It was definitely an undertaking, but I was so honored to be asked to contribute to the celebration. I baked 300 cookies per day over 4 days, and it took 9 bakery boxes to hold them all. I was worried that they were going to get broken or smooshed in delivery, but they all looked great today and they tasted great too. Huge sigh of relief. Best wishes Mr. Kieschnick! We will miss you!

 

Teacher Appreciation Cookies

Teachers are grossly underpaid and under appreciated, in my book. I love it when I get the chance to do little things for them to let them know how special they are to us. This week is teacher appreciation week at my kids' school, so I decided to make some cookies for the teacher appreciation luncheon and some extra little treats for my kids' individual teachers. These little fruit cookies turned out really cute, I think...especially the strawberries. How cute would these be on top of a cupcake? I found the darling little ceramic berry baskets at Michael's while shopping for supplies yesterday, and those sparked the idea for the "berry best teacher" baskets. I wish I would have picked up a basket for myself. I don't know what I would use it for, but you can never have too many receptacles for "stuff", in my opinion, especially when they are this adorable! :) (Sorry for the crappy cell phone pictures in this post...it was REALLY late at night when I finished these, and I was tired and out of good light for picture taking. These had to be delivered early this morning.)

The gift tags on the apple cookies say "It Takes a Big Heart to Shape Little Minds". I didn't create the graphic. I found it online as a free download and created a printable to make the tags with the saying on the front and my business card graphic on the back.