24th Birthday in the UK

My little munchkins made my birthday so so so special on Wednesday! They all rushed in the classroom and gave me big hugs and shouted "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS FRENCH!" with huge grins on their face. One little boy must have heard me say it was my birthday coming up because he came in with a wrapped present for me! Look at the cute little tag with his writing! Turns out it was a set of lip gloss and red nail polish. He said he picked it out and had his mum wrap it for him. ADORABLE!!

I got the day started, and was oblivious when my LSA (like an EA) asked for 3 students to come with her for a minute. One came in carrying a bunch of flowers, one came in carrying a gigantic homemade card, and one came in carrying a box of chocolates! They all sang Happy Birthday to me and I almost started crying with the cuteness of it all.

Needless to say, I had a wonderful day, and my British teaching twinnie Ruth got me a birthday cake to share with our gang at lunch time. When I got home, Dana and Jess and Sam all gave me cards, and I got some giftcards to my favourite places! They also invited 2 of our other friends over for a delicious chocolate birthday cake. So thoughtful, I totally wasn't expecting it! Love them! I had a really good birthday made special by some of my old friends (thanks Molly and my PIC for cards in the mail!) and my new friends (Ruth and Diane!). It made being away from home and getting one year older a lot more bearable. And now I'm 24 and so far it's been wonderful! My next post is going to be about my classroom and what I've done with it in the almost 2 months since I started- it's looking a bit better for sure! Until next time xx