From the land of noisy trucks, stalled construction projects, deadlines, and book-completion euphoria we come to you for our weekly chat. Here's a road map to our conversation: 0:48 Intros and What's New With You — Woohoo! Nicole finished her book! Let's pretend it won't be coming back to her soon with changes to deal with and just celebrate her newfound spare time! 4:22 Our Favorite Teachers — In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we call out some educators who have particularly impressed us, both in our ancient days of going to school ourselves and in more recent years as teachers of our children.  14:10 What We Really Want for Mother's Day — Spreading the appreciation around a little, Sunday is Mother's Day, and we've got some ideas as to what we'd really like to get. But is this anything we can actually tell our families? And would they be able to indulge us in that anyway? 22:06 Interview of the Week — Catherine chats with pediatric OT Meghan Corridan about transitioning kids from school to summer. Have you made your summer bucket list yet? 31:31 Shameless Self-Promotion — Amanda shared an interview she did for the NH Children’s Trust “My Voice Matters” campaign; Terri channeled a comments-inspired tantrum into a blog post on the R-word; Nicole has more ideas on things parents should do before the school year ends; and Catherine has articles on her VeryWell site on having an active summer, keeping bored kids busy, and preventing summer weight gain. Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our podcast and for our fun in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.