Valentine's Day Fun

After teaching older kids the last few years I had forgotten how exciting Valentines Day is for a six or seven year old. I knew it would be fun, but after today I would rank it up there with Christmas! It was fun and exhausting at the same time. At one point today I even regretted teaching them how to tell time. I had so many "When are we opening valentines?", I set a time. We would not open until 2:00. Great answer, right? Wrong! Those smarties kept their eyes on the clock until 2 on the dot! They sure let me know when it was time! I guess at least they've learned something! It was so much fun watching them tear those little pieces of paper apart and then going to tell the person that had given it to them how much they liked it. But, boy have valentines changed since I was a kid! There are still the little paper cards, but some had temporary tattoos, pencils, and even holograms, but I still love the homemade hearts the best! We had so much candy floating around our classroom today, I'm curious to see who is coming down from their sugar buzz tomorrow!



On the homefront, tonight my mother-in-law called and invited us over for dinner if we didn't have any other plans. Of course we didn't! So we headed out to their house, had a big family lasagna dinner (plus pineapple upside-down cake by Leah), and got to visit with them for a while. It was a great surprise and plus no clean-up!