Happy Valentine's Day!

I was kind of dreading the whole Valentine's Day on a Monday thing. Seemed like a very chaotic way to begin a school week. But for the bright side, I did have the weekend to kind of get things ready. I went to a dinner party on Sunday, so I baked enough cookies for that, and for my little class. I also made the kids simple yet cute little Valentines.


We had a Valentine's Box contest this year. They were to bring a decorated "Mailbox" with them today and we voted on our two favorites. We got a variety of cute boxes this morning they were obviously so proud of.


Then part way through the day, a mom walked in with her "son's" box. I think the whole class sat in stunned silence for a second when she came carrying it in. So when they went to PE a bit later, I self timed a picture of me with the box, so that you have an idea of it's actual size. . .

Yup. . . you actually fed the dog your Valentines. Unfortunately, there was no way of getting anything out of him when the wrong Valentine accidentally got swallowed. . . oh well. . . I guess he doesn't get to retrieve any of his Valentines for 2-4 hours later?? Ha Ha

I have such a sweet little class this year. We all walked around and passed out Valentines at the same time, so most of them weren't at their "Mailboxes" when I went around. But as they spent the rest of our party time opening all their goodies, there were "thank yous" being said right and left.
All in all it ended up being a really good day. The kids were great, they had fun and were the most well behaved class I have ever had for any sort of holiday party. We ate cookies and passed out Valentines. . . that's it! But one boy still announced that "This is the best Valentine party I have EVER had!"

Among all the crazy Valentines treats from my class this year, I found this cute little letter.


After seeing countless facebook posts and text messages about "singles awareness day," it's refreshing spending this day with a bunch of nine years olds. They are the ones who really seem to catch on to what Valentine's day is really about.

Happy Valentine's Day!!