Tomorrow is the last day of school for B and as with many things in my life, I have procrastinated on an end-of-year teacher gift. I had many ideas but nothing that I ever started on. I could’ve run out and bought something but I couldn’t think of anything to get; I wanted something meaningful that wouldn’t get lost in the slew of other gifts. I opted for a simple card with a heartfelt handwritten note thanking B’s teacher for the past year. B wrote his teacher’s name at the top (I love watching him write!) and his name at the bottom, drawing a box in the middle of the card with a heart inside the box. He wanted to write a message too and instructed me to write "I love that you were being my special teacher," and "We made you some jam." My note went on the left-hand leaf of the card and I guess it passed the test because after he asked me to read what I had written, he said, "That was nice."

The other day I picked a bunch of rhubarb from the garden and today I turned that into Blueberry-Rhubarb jam along with making some Carrot Cake jam. I’ve tasted both and nothing beats homemade jam! A jar of the carrot jam will be accompanying the card to school tomorrow with B. Lastly, a pot of applesauce has rounded out the day for me. I’ve just finished putting that into jars. The day yielded seven jars of each type of jam and six pint jars of applesauce. I love how it all looks on my cold storage (more like just cool storage) shelves!