I had hoped to be able to say "Hope you're enjoying the warmer weather," but as I'm writing this, it's snowing outside...and has been for a few hours! It has kind-of turned to rain-ish precipitation, now, and the ground looks like it's covered by a layer of grits. Or maybe couscous...possibly popcorn. Regardless of what food it resembles, it's a very wet snow. (Cue "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?")
Anyway, I hope this finds you well! Things are pretty great here.
I want to share some of the Valentine's Day gifts I received last week, but before doing do, can I just say again how blessed I am by the students I teach and their families?! Seriously. Not only do I love what I do, but I love who I get to do it with. (Yes, I know - that sentence ended with a preposition...) I know that's not the first time I've said it...and it won't be the last. And no - I'm not just saying it because they seem to shower me with gifts at any given occasion. ☺
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| My Valentine's Day week started with a cute heart Valentine and sucker from one of my new 4-yr.-old students, as well as this coffee bean/rose petal/foam sticker/heart decoration from another student. Those coffee beans sure do smell good! |
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| Outside (It's worth noting that this thoughtful 6-yr.-old strongly hinted that this kind of candy was his favorite and he'd cleared it with his mom to maybe have one during our lesson...haha. I took the hint. ☺) |
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| Inside (Though I initially thought he'd drawn a picture of a minion from Despicable Me for me, it turns out that's a picture of me. I guess I wear my glasses more often than not on his lesson days. Not sure what to say about the hair...or lack thereof.) |
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| The next day, an equally thoughtful boy student walked in with his arms very full, exclaimed, "Happy Valentine's Day!" and presented me with some beautiful Gerbera daisies and a candy bouquet! I thanked him again at his lesson yesterday, and told him the flowers are still alive and well. His response, "Yessss!" with a fist clench. ☺ |
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| This gift was unrelated to Valentine's day, but I'm including it here, anyway, because I received it in the same week. One of my adult students took a trip to Cabo, Mexico a few weeks ago, and she brought this precious hand-painted Nativity set back for me! She said she saw it and immediately thought, "I think Kensy would like to have that." She was right. ☺ |
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| The note said they were sent a day early, so I wouldn't have to take them along on my road trip to visit the sender the next day. ☺ |
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| Mine are the fuzzy ones...she sure knows the way to my heart! ☺ |
THEN, on Friday, I walked in my room at the studio to find a half dozen cupcakes from my favorite cupcake shop, Le Cupcake!
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| These came from the same sweet, thoughtful sender as the flowers...and I took them along when I went to see him that evening. ♥ What a yummy Valentine's day dessert! |
I also received a couple Valentine's Day pictures/letters from a couple families. They sent those out instead of Christmas cards/letters. Great idea, huh?
In other news...
I was somewhat recently introduced to a pretty awesome company called GreatStitch and got to help them prepare for a party idea that was more recently featured on a national blog. (I painted the table legs! ☺) Check it (and them) out!
That's the scoop, for now! Enjoy what's left of the week and the weekend to come!
Gratefully,
Kensy
Favorites of the day:
the power of prayer (keep them coming!)
smoothies
technology
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