My Santa knocked this one out of the park. I am studying to be an Elementary Education teacher with an endorsement in literacy (k-8 general ed, k-12 literacy specialist). I currently work in a Kindergarten classroom in a Title I school (very low income, and filled with refugee kiddos. I have six languages in my classroom and it's AWESOME. Challenging, but awesome!), and if you know 5-6 year old kiddos, they require lots and lots of positive reinforcement and rewards to motivate them. Kids just do not have that internal motivation (this has a point, I promise, and we'll get there in a moment. If I were teaching, I'd stop right here and ask some prediction questions).

So, I got these gifts smack dab in the middle of finals week. I knew there were two coming, so I held off opening them until they were both here. I am glad I waited, because they ALL GO TOGETHER SO WELL. Everything was owl themed! I absolutely LOVE owls (especially artsy cutesy ones) because I can use them in my classroom as a symbol for making wise decisions rather than impulsive emotionally driven decisions (I call this the puppy brain vs the wise owl brain to help kiddos understand that different parts of your brain are responsible for different functions). So, getting owl anything is awesome.

My AMAZING Santa got me an owl coloring book, which has such varied designs! Some are extremely intricate, while others are super simple. I am going to use this in my classroom or when designing assignments. I plan to carefully remove the perforated pages and then put them in a binder for easy copying. PERFECTION. And, to go with it, I now have six owl magnets to use on the white board! Again, perfection.

Remember when I said I have a point? Yeah? Well it's almost here. So, there was no way whatsoever for my Santa to know this, but they got me the matching coffee cup (with a cute box, this is important) to one that I already have. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. They are perfect compliments, and since I am such a ho for tea and hate to keep washing the same cup over and over, I now have one to rotate! OR, I can keep one at work, and another at home. Either way, again, perfection.

But the box. This certainly couldn't have been foreseen by my Santa at all. I kept the original box from the cup that I got from my husband because it was the perfect size for a little prize grab box for my Kinderkiddos (see, here's the point!). Now I can actually separate the prizes out into two different tiers, which is something I have been trying to do for a few weeks! Now the blue box will be the daily reward box, and the pink box will be the new and sure to be coveted weekly prize box.

I am in love with everything I received, and I have a sneaking suspicion that my kiddos are going to love it too. I'll have to tell them that Santa sent it ;)

THANK YOU FRIEND. 10/10 would totally receive gift from again.