Well - it's official. I have entered a new decade! Friday I turned 40. The day started great with lots of love, hugs, and kisses from my family. My parents were visiting from WI - so I'm so glad I got to spend this week with them.
I ventured to school where I noticed the flags were at 1/2 staff. Of course I knew it was because of 9/11 - but I did chuckle to myself as I thought...."I'm mourning the end of my 30's".
Entering my classroom - I notice A LOT of black hanging down. My wonderful co-workers decorated my classroom. Lots of black streamers....balloons that say '40' on them....and a black curtain that you need to walk through to get into my door.
My co-workers slowly started to come to my room to wish me well....when I noticed EVERYONE WAS WEARING BLACK!!!!! How sneaky is that?!?!?!?! My teaching partner (Melody) was wearing navy - with a red and white star...(cause she knew I wanted everyone to be in red, white, and blue for Patriot Day.) However, everyone else was in black to help support me in getting over the hill.
Now my students started to enter. The first student handed me a photograph with cookies writing out the number 40 - and then gave me a bag of the cookies used in the picture. I was handed 40 pencils, a "happy 40th birthday sign", 40 gel pens, 20 Hershey Hugs and 20 Hershey kisses to equal 40 hugs and kisses, 40 pieces of popcorn (about 4 times), 40 sunflower seeds, 40 sticks of Juicy Fruit Gum (3 times), and lots and lots of hugs and hand drawn pictures.
We had a wonderful day with a spelling pre-test, an hour of 'specials', a movie, then off to our fieldtrip to the Durham. We came back in time to enjoy some cupcakes my mom made - and time to clean up the classroom for the end of the day.
It was a great day at school followed by a wonderful evening at home. Mom had made a big pot of chili....with garden fresh tomatoes. Jeff and I ran some errands to get ready for the big party the following day.
I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family and wonderful co-workers. They made me feel very special and really helped me to start my 40's with a smile on my face!
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