Happy February!

I know it's only Wednesday and I might be jinxing myself, but this has been a very good half of a week so far. Here's why:

1. I got paid! In my school district (like many districts) contract employees get paid once a month. In December, I got paid for January on the last day before the break (before Christmas) which is super great for the holidays, but super lame for the last week and a half for January. Needless to say, this paycheck was welcomed with open arms and an open wallet.

2. I was observed by my principal and had my evaluation on Monday and it went really, really well.

3. My usual troublemaker has been behaving surprisingly well this week. We've had our moments, but for the most part he is finishing his work and staying in his seat. Hallelujah!

4. My class gets 15 laptops! K so maybe I found out about this last week, but I got really excited about it today while my kiddos were fighting over the computers to research their revolutionary war battle. ("We're so sick of looking up stuff in our books, Miss H!") P.S. I still haven't told them about the laptops. They just think they're in the running and the principal and computer guy are going to come and observe them to make sure they are responsible enough. Ha!

5. We are writing persuasive letters to the principal. Two boys are working together to write that they want goal posts to play soccer with in the field. They quoted Martin Luther King Jr. Yup. MLK. It was adorable and made me very happy/proud to see that sometimes my class actually remembers things they learn about.

6. I got new music. I love new music like a fat kid loves cake.

7. This happened at my school on Monday. I had no clue it was happening, but good thing the news was there to capture it for me. This little girl is adorable. Her teacher is in the background crying (I would be bawling my head off!) You can watch the video here. (Cause what would my blog be without video links...and parenthesis.)

8. I just love February. Most single girls hate it, but I love it. I love Valentine's Day and all that comes with it. I love the activities I can do with my kids. I love all the cheesy Valentine's Day decorations in the stores. I love wearing red and pink. I love listening to love songs. I love watching love movies. I love reading cute blogs about why others love their "valentine" and how they met and dated and fell in love and got married and had 6 kids and still love each other (super sweet and gets me teary-eyed all the time!). I love eating heart-shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's and heart-shaped sugar cookies with pink frosting. I love handing out Valentine's. I love cutting out hearts and buying cute paper from the craft store. I'm just not one to eat ice cream, watch a chick flick, hate all the boys who never called me over the years, and feel sorry for myself. Nope. I save all that for March, the worst month of the year :)

Let's hope the rest of the week is great too! Happy February!

Not me, but I think I need some red tights now. gettyimages.com