Birthday!

Highlights: 

• Ols making delicious cake on the night of my actual birthday (We both had work until late at night)
• Delivering the Reader's Theater that I had prepared for with the struggling readers that were in my class. It was invigorating listening to students that could barely read, read aloud a story to the entire class.
• Getting spoiled by my students! They brought gifts (teddy bear, cards, etc..) and flowers and made me feel so special
• Ms. Elizabeth spoiling me as well by bringing a chocolate fountain into class and having many, many desserts to dip in the chocolate. She also gave me a wonderful book full of arts and crafts ideas to do with kids, a "cloud" collage that was framed and had sayings from all the students and what they thought about me, balloons, and so many more things. She just spoiled me.
• Mothers also brought in gifts and made me feel so special
• The wonderful texts and birthday calls that I got from friends and family. Thank you so much- it mean a lot to me
• Ols surprising me by taking me to one of the highest rated restaurants in Logan, Le Neonne. It is an Italian restaurant and it was a-m-a-zing! 
• Devouring the bruschetta, ravioli, and chocolate goodness :)
• Getting dressed-up to go out to dinner
• Seeing Oli's professor that he works for playing the guitar at the restaurant and him telling us he will not play until we are seated :)
• Getting a gift card to Olive Garden from a professor that I facilitate for. Oli and I used it the next night after Le Neonnes.
• Both Ols and I having 5 servings of the bread sticks and salad :)
• Ols getting me four passes to go to  Zumba with a friend
• Going and seeing more Christmas lights
• Overall just feeling so loved and grateful for the wonderful friends, family, and of course my Ols for making my birthday so special. Thank you!

(I covered the students' faces due to privacy)

Le Neonne's night: Restaurant is pictured above.

Olive Garden Night:

It was an absolutely wonderful birthday!!