Santa's Helper, originally uploaded by cheryl.
Eight teachers (plus one who was with Xander for the two previous years, so make it nine). Two therapists. Two support staffs. A whole lot of cookies. As in six batches (of about 36 each) and nearly five hours of baking and packaging.
With so many people who have day-to-day contact with the boys, it's hard to come up with an appropriate (and affordable) gift to say "thank you" for all that they do. The boys are all having great school years, and the twins continue to show remarkable progress in their third year of Early Start.
That means I fall back to my usual holiday gift - cookies. Homemade chocolate chip.
It's the very least I can do for people who go out of their way to help our boys succeed.