My daughter came home yesterday with a packet. The packet contained individual letters written to me by each of the students in her Language Arts class, thanking me for reading a book to their class, doing a project with them and handing out homemade chocolate pretzel rods.

I was SO touched by the letters, I almost cried. They seemed genuinely appreciative. I imagined that 6th graders near the end of the school day would be sarcastic and disinterested...but instead, they participated and had lots of fun...as did I!

Some of the comments were so thoughtful - saying I'd be a great teacher....how cool it was that I chose a project that went along with the theme of the book...how they were the only class that had a parent do a project and bring treats, so they felt lucky....and everyone raved about the chocolate pretzel rods. LOL.

My daughter was beaming. She was so proud.