Because it's the love month

That is how one of the teacher's greeted me first thing on February 1. She then presented me with the little rose in the little heart covered cup. She also gave me a chocolate rose- that was scoffed fairly quickly. However the rose in the cup sat in the lounge room on the coffee table for some time until the idea emerged to follow up on the comment that THIS is the Love Month.
This is in keeping with The Happiness Project's theme for the month that we are exploring.