Today was a crazy day! The last day of school before Spring Break. Report cards had to go home (yeah they are done!), the class was invited to a music performance by our first grade buddies, and half the 4th grade teachers were sick and had subs! I was just glad to have survived the week and was looking forward to the weekend, but I had many nice surprises for my birthday. First, Kris baked a cake for us teacher to enjoy on our lunch break and they sang Happy Birthday, much to my embarrassment (I am sure my face was bright red!). Then one of my students parents brings a gigantic Costco cake for my class to celebrate my birthday and some lovely daffodils! She also coordinated with the music teacher to give my students some time to make me some wonderful birthday cards. See we have specials near the end of the day (this is when the students go off to music, pe, etc. and I am madly getting things ready for the rest of the day). So the students made the cards during music and when I went to pick them up they all rushed to hide their cards (behind their back or up their shirts). It was so cute. We then got back to the class where they showered me with cards and then they sang Happy Birthday (red face again!) and we all ate cake (again for me!).
It was a great way to end a stressful week and reminds me why I am so lucky to be teacher!
