I was helping my neighbor make a "Teacher Appreciation" sign with my cricket and Travis came across the hall to see what we were up to. He kinda threw a "That's stupid. There isn't an Enginner Appreciation anything. How come...... !" So the next week I deemed it "Engineer Appraciation Week" and had all of the kids write him a note and gave him a small gift everyday. I think it made him feel good and it never is a bad thing to over focus on the possitve things in our lives. 
I know this makes no sense to anyone except him but he is working hard on something.
"What on earth are you doing now???"
Don't ask what this does. It's something that is very important to large companies but not to households.It was a fun week. He also had a few extras like an office cleaning, a car cleaning, and scalp massages. The cleaning lady also took him to lunch one day, that's me. :) It was fun to spoil him since he works so hard for our family. I also reminded him how appreciative I am for the PRIVILEGE of being a stay at home mom all these years. He's the best and just wanted to remind him!!!!
P.S.- I thought I was being all clever but there actually is an Enginner Week and it was about 3 weeks before we celebrated.
