Valentine's Day

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Jane had a VIP day at school on Thursday and got to bring in Chris and some Valentine's she had been working hard on for weeks.

Eleanor had also been hard at work on her Valentine's. She had written personal notes to every single one of her classmates. Unfortunately I didn't look at them until the night before. Some highlights included (spelling corrected):
- "Dear William, Please don't eat when it is not lunch of snack time."
- "Dear Aniyah, Can you please stop messing around with things? Love, Eleanor."
- "Dear Malachi, Can you please work faster? Love, Eleanor."
- "Dear Emeric, can you try to be yourself again? Love, Eleanor."
- "Dear Max, Can you try to stop clipping down? Love, Eleanor" (If a classmate misbehaves, their "clip" moves down on a chart).
- "Dear Connor, please do not lie. Love, Eleanor."
- "Dear Luke, Keep pulling on your loose tooth. Love, Eleanor."
- "Dear Jake, Can you please stop distracting me? Love, Eleanor."

There were a couple of other cute ones, but unfortunately we made her change a few of those ones above late that night. We tried to explain that Valentines were for building people up and weren't the best place to share criticism, however well meaning. She was devastated. She cried through the whole "fixing/editing" process, but I think in the end she understood that she wouldn't want to receive a valentine that shared some of the above sentiments.

That being said, she had a great day at school and also celebrated the 101st day of school.

We had our tradition of french toast for dinner the night before because the girls wanted heart-shaped pizza on Friday for Valentine's Day.

And Chris gave the girls flowers and notes Valentine's morning. Grandma left little plants and chocolate for the kids, AND we also received some beautiful valentines in the mail that the kids have hung up on their desks and fridge to enjoy.

Happy Valentine's Day to all!