Valentine's Day Party / Officially off Track!

Hannah's class had their Valentine's Day party today. It's so funny to watch kids when they can actually read what the conversation hearts say and understand it. On more than one occassion I saw several wrinkled up faces as a result of what a candy heart said. LOL. The kids had a great time passing out their valentines and having heart shaped cakes and candy. I remember when I was in school, and how exciting it would be to get a Valentine and inside it's envelope to have a couple conversation heart candies, now a days, every Valentine is accompanied with some sort of treat, and the little white envelopes no longer exist, you fold your Valentine and close with a sticker. The party soon came to an end and it was time for lunch before the 11:30 dismissal. Rather than send Hannah to the cafeteria for lunch and return thirty minutes later to pick her up, I signed her out of school early and we went to McDonald's with our friends, who are also two of Hannah's classmates, Zachary and Alex. The school day has ended, as does another trimester of school. Hannah officially has 2/3 of 1st grade behind her. She came home with an excellent report card with the praise from her teacher of how good she had improved in math this last trimester. We're so proud of her. It's hard to believe that when she goes back to school on March 6th, that'll be her final trimester of the 1st grade. Her next vacation will be prior to just starting the 2nd grade!! :::sigh::: Where does the time go?!?!