When I signed up for Reddit Gifts for Teachers, I was so excited for the idea of maybe getting some extra pencils and a few other things I normally spend my money on. I never imagined that I would get even a quarter of what I've received. The first box I received had a wrapped gift on top. When I opened it I found a book for new moms. I couldn't believe that my gift giver took the time to find out about me as a person (I have a 2 month old), and go above and beyond the give me something on top of the teaching supplies. Below this gift I found a huge number of supplies (construction paper, colored sticker labels, a huge pack of pencils, a giant pack of multi-colored permanent markers(my favorite supply, by the way, and something I hadn't thought to ask for. But now when I go crazy labeling everything in my classroom and posting our vocabulary words in reading I can do it in color. Everything in my room is going to end up labeled in a color coded fashion!), reward pencils and stickers). Today I received two more boxes! The first contained a BOX of copy paper, which any teacher knows is like gold! The second had a box of pencil top erasers (Klintrup, how did you know my kids manage to destroy the erasers that come on the pencils long before the pencil runs out?!), a big multi-colored pack of Expo markers and a second wrapped gift, this one for my son! Upon unwrapping the gift I found the cutest set of cloth blocks. I am so amazed by the generosity of the many Redditors who chose to give but to give so much and still choose to give personal gift in addition is beyond words!

Edit: But wait, there's more! I was sitting (reading Reddit of course) and cuddling with my baby when there was a knock at the door. It was a another package! This one with 3 boxes of 2 pocket folders. Wow!

And for the finale... 48 boxes of Crayola crayons! I got home from running errands to find one more box on the porch. It was quite heavy and an odd shape, what could it be? I opened it up to find a class set, plus some, of crayons.

My kids are going to be thrilled when I share all of the items we received. I can't wait to send a pencil and box of crayons home with my kids, as many other them have had to borrow a pencil to even complete homework as they have nothing at home. Many of my kids have never even owned a box of crayons other than the broken used leftovers they take home at the end of the year, if that. I can't wait to see how they react when they find out they are getting a brand new box of crayons. We are going to be able to do so much with everything we received. Monday is going to be like be a great day!