Scavenger Hunt

As I was cleaning of my desk the other day, I came across a crumpled up piece of paper.

In case you can't read it, it says, "Look in the yellow trash can on the book shelf."

My first thought was, "Oh no. My kids have been passing notes to each other via the little yellow trash can. I don't really want to look in there because I'm afraid or what I might find." 

Well, I had to be the grown up and go look in the trash can. This is what I found:

It says, "I love you Miss Walkins." Yes, Miss Walkins. That is what one of my students calls me!
I couldn't help but smile!

When I realized who wrote the note, I was somewhat shocked. Zachary has a very sweet spirit but doesn't show affection a lot. That made the note even more special.

Later, I was cleaning my room and was near Zach's desk. He sits beside one of my file cabinets and I had noticed him messing with it earlier in the day. I looked to see what he had been fidling with and found a piece of paper in the label holder on one of the drawers.

It says, "Look on your desk."

Zach had set up a scavenger hunt for me! I didn't find it in the correct order but that didn't affect the impact it had on me. Although he was distracted and probably wasn't paying attention to something we were doing in class, how could I be mad?!