Making valentines is a long and happy tradition in school and the students at Westside School.
Rhianna and Emma attend Kindergarten classes at Westside School (their Dad's were in the classroom) under the watchful eye of Marsha Lovely and Margaret Wilkins and the whole class made valentine bags with individual valentines for each other that they had to put in each other's bag.
There were many creative efforts and according to Rhianna's dad they" spent hours and hours at the dining room table crafting works of art," and Emma;s Dad added, "and leaving big messes for Mommy and Daddy to clean up afterwards."
The dads shared their favorite valentine memory from their childhood. "I think it was handing out those single flap valentines we bought at the store," said Rhianna's dad, who got his first love valentine from a girl in the second grade. Emma's Dad said, "I had to wait until the fourth grade, but I remember getting the Sweet Tart hearts. When you got an I Love You heart from a girl, that was a big deal."