VALENTINES DAY AT NORTON ELEMENTARY

I went to Tiffany's school to help her with all the valentine activities. It was wild!!! I decided it was a smart thing I did not become a Kindergarten teacher!! It takes lots of patience. The bottom pic is Kelly, she is in the class room next to Tiff, this is their third year teaching side by side and they have a good time. This year they moved from 2nd grade to K. I think they are crazy but they seem to love it. They have adorable children. We started the day making a valentine mouse, they had to cut, yes cut with scissors, 4 or 5 hearts and glue them at certain places, and then add whiskers, etc.. are you getting the picture!! Some of those mice you wouldn't have recognized!! Then we moved on to decorating heart sugar cookies. Yep, another mess. Best of all was giving out the valentines. THe kids were so excited to give them to their friends they just couldn't stand it. We had to help them because most of them couldn't read the names. To end the day and try to quiet them down a little Tiffany read in a chapter book that they love, I think it is a Juney B. Jones book, anyway, one little guy was glued to her side and she finally told him he needed to sit down because she was getting hot, she kept reading and he decided he would cool her off and got a piece of paper and began to fan her. I busted up laughing, and then she did and then all the kids wanted to fan her. It was so funny. The greatest part of the day was as they were leaving they all hug her bye and then look at me, who they don't know very well and hug me too. Watching them and seeing their innocence and love helps me understand why Jesus loves little children and admonishes us to be "like them."