I didn't plan to write a post about Valentine's Day. You may (or may not) have noticed that my holiday posts have been rather lacking. But as it turns out, Valentine's Day has been one of my best holidays here yet.
Despite being a little bit behind in my lesson plans (I have 2 weeks for the last unit and some of those days will not go as planned) I always knew that we would be celebrating Valentine's Day in my class. My kids have been working hard and I always remember celebrating Valentine's Day in elementary school. So I asked Nong to buy some candy for them and I purchased stickers and ribbon for us to make Valentines! Well, little did I know but Valentine's Day is actually celebrated in Thailand (unofficially of course). Today when I came into class my kids ambushed me with stickers and candy and flowers and love! The sweetness was overwhelming!
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| All the stickers on my jacket. You can see they also pin candy to you with a safety pin! |
And at the end of class I had planned for them to give their valentines to each other but I ended up getting most of them! My students are just so cute! Plus there's the abundance of hugs and "I love you Teacher" and seeing me in the hall you'd think I was Santa Claus! My heart is just full of love for them.
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| some of the valentines I've recieved |
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| just some of my new candy stash - I will definitely be re-gifting it as prizes in class! |
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| my flowers - 2 were actually real! |
Anyway, tonight G and I are going out to dinner to celebrate. All and all I think it will be an excellent day! I hope that everyone, no matter where you are or who you are with, has a wonderful Valentine's Day filled with love. Cause that's what today is all about, ya know?
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