A Perfect Foursquare Birthday

Hi guys!  So, I realize my weblog has been a lot quieter this schoolhouse twelvemonth than inwards the past.  There are several reasons for that.  Teaching.  Grad School.  Life.  If you're truly nosy, there's a clue hidden somewhere inwards this weblog post. ;)

The big intelligence for the calendar week is that I celebrated my 25th birthday yesterday inwards grand style.  Yes, I'm super happy well-nigh having my historic menstruum last a perfect square.  It's going to last quite some fourth dimension earlier this happens again!  It's the math instructor inwards me that's super excited.  Sorry, I exactly can't attention it.  :)  Last twelvemonth was my get-go twelvemonth to truly instruct on my birthday, in addition to I blogged well-nigh it.  So, I decided I exactly had to conk along the tradition this year.

I may also create got been edifice upwards the fact that this is my golden birthday twelvemonth since the get-go twenty-four hours of school.  We've exclusively been counting downwardly for my birthday since August... (And, if you're similar I was a twelvemonth ago, y'all mightiness non know what a golden birthday is.  It's when your historic menstruum in addition to the twenty-four hours of the calendar month y'all were born on match.)    

If you've read terminal year's birthday post, 2 of my students baked me a cake in addition to gave me a birthday daughter ribbon.  This year, they topped that.  First, they gave me a birthday daughter sash.  And, yes, I wore this around ALL DAY long.  I did learn some funny looks from other teachers inwards the hall...  I intend they were exactly jealous of my fashionable sash. ;)

This sash was accompanied past times what may last the best, most math-y birthday cake.  Ever.  

Okay.  I create got a feeling that I'm going to create got to explicate this cake for it to brand whatever sense at all.  One of the big things I instruct my Algebra 2 students to create is to simplify radical expressions.  In edifice upwards to this, I re-teach my students to discovery the prime factorization of numbers.  Factor trees are a chip also messy in addition to disorganized for me.  I experience similar it's slow for students to immature lady some of the factors when they correct their answers from the tree.  So, I prefer to instruct my students the "Birthday Cake Method of Prime Factorization".  

The divulge y'all are trying to fine the prime factorization of goes on the bottom layer of your cake.  On the exterior of the bottom layer, write a prime divulge that divides into the bottom layer.  Perform the partition in addition to write the quotient equally the side past times side layer.  Continue writing prime numbers that dissever into each layer on the exterior until a 1 appears on transcend of the cake.  We telephone telephone this the "birthday candle."  And, I brand a HUGE bargain of drawing a flaming on my 1 every unmarried time.  

Last year, I truly had my Algebra 2 students discovery the prime factorization of my age.  But, let's last honest, 24 has a much to a greater extent than exciting prime factorization than 25.  

So, my students took this birthday cake method in addition to made me a literal birthday cake out of it.  How cool in addition to creative is that?!?  

My beau surprised me amongst this gorgeous vase of colorful roses.  So sweetness in addition to thoughtful.  The flowers were admired all twenty-four hours long past times me in addition to everybody that saw them.  As I write this weblog post, they're sitting on my java table.  And, I discovery myself legitimately distracted from fourth dimension to fourth dimension past times their beauty.  

And, this was exactly the start of celebrating.  Let's exactly nation that I consumed waaaaaaayyyy also much saccharide yesterday.

There were birthday brownies to last had.

And, chocolate birthday pie.  

I can't forget the birthday cookies either.  They came amongst a pretty sweetness mathematical card, too.  

I intend nosotros should totally start using infinity symbols instead of dashes when nosotros write.  Anybody else in?  

There was a birthday cupcake.  

H5N1 birthday mug.  

Google fifty-fifty got inwards the birthday spirit in addition to showed me a especial birthday search screen.  At first, I idea it was a coincidence.  But, hovering over the icon made it nation "Happy Birthday Sarah."  

Kinda creepy.  Kinda cool.  Google knows a lot well-nigh its users, I guess.  I shouldn't last surprised when it uses some of that information.  

  

Then, in that place were the birthday messages on the dry out erase board.  

These 2 are supposed to last me.  My head takeaway?  I create got an awesome sense of fashion.  

One course of teaching changed their twitter condition to want me a happy birthday.  

This side past times side birthday message was slightly to a greater extent than interesting.  

Can y'all read what it says nether the smudge?  "I don't intend you're preggy btw."  How nice.  I appreciate that.  Of course, this is from the same pupil who interrupted course of teaching terminal calendar week to ask, "Can I inquire y'all a personal question?  I don't desire y'all to learn mad at me when I ask.  I don't desire y'all to intend that I'm maxim y'all hold off fat."  If my students are anything, they are definitely honest.  They nation whatever comes into their minds.  (And, for the record, I am non pregnant.)    

Don't I exactly brand teaching teenagers seem similar the best project inwards the world?!?  

Here are a twain of birthday cards that made me smile.    

Of course, I guessed "Happy Birthday."  I had a feeling it was also slow of a puzzle.  

I was wrong.  And, I ended upwards hanging the pitiful stick guy.  

No words.  No words.  

 Math made an appearance inwards this carte du jour which made me super happy.

P.S. Don't forget the pi.  How cute is that?!?

 And, I experience similar I've exclusively exactly started to advert all the awesome things that people did to brand my 25th birthday my best birthday yet.  Phone calls.  Text messages.  Facebook messages.  Tweets.  E-mails.  Birthday cards.  Hearing a pupil yell "Happy Birthday" across the parking lot earlier I tin fifty-fifty accept a few steps from my car.

 God has blessed me in addition to thence much.  So in addition to thence so much.

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