He has often wondered if HE could marry Miss Esther when he was a grown up too!  

Tom decided that THIS Valentine's Day he would go and buy Miss Esther a beautiful single rose to show her how much he loved her!

Miss Esther was delighted to receive her single rose.  However she had to tell Tom that she was already married to Mr Stephen and had a baby too so couldn't marry him when he was grown up!  

Poor Tom!  He was rather disappointed and upset......but only for a few moments of course as his imagination took hold of him.  He told her that, if he couldn't have HER as his bride when he grows up, he will have to find a girl JUST like her and marry her instead!  He even wondered secretly if baby Rachel Ann might want to marry him when she was grown up!

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Ambrose and his father may not be very well off but Ambrose can surely cook can't he?  And can you see what he has iced on to the cake especially for Alice?

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Miss Esther, although she was very flattered when Tom gave her the red rose, had to give it back to him and suggested that he may want to let someone else have it instead. 

Tom had a great idea and offered it to Ernest to give to Esme.  Ernest was thrilled to have the opportunity to give his love a red rose!

Belle just had to come and watch this romantic exchange!  

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Esme, however, although delighted with the rose, told Ernest that she really had no need for it because she KNEW how much he loved her and also..........when they are outside and swimming in the village pond she can see so many beautiful flowers all the time so has no need to have the rose.  She tells Ernest that he must go and find someone who really needs to have that rose instead.

Ernest suddenly realised WHO would love to receive this rose and the person was not very far away either.........

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Imagine her surprise and delight when Ernest came waddling along to see her with this beautiful red rose!  She was even MORE thrilled when he leapt up on to her lap and then arm to give it to her as he held it in his beak!

He told her that he loved her because she was part of the church family in St. Hilary's.  He so wanted her to have the rose to let her know that God's love is for everyone in the world!

That was a lovely thought Ernest!

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Can you guess what Adele's favourite sweet is by looking at this picture?  She loves dolly mixtures and she has made sure her cake has plenty of dolly mixtures on it too.

Who else looks VERY interested in this cake though?  It is Sepp, Homer's pet rat.  She decided that she would love to have a sniff of those lovely dolly mixtures so jumped up on to Adele's shoulder to get a closer look!

WHO has Adele baked this cake for we wonder?

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The vicar was delighted to have this cake.  However he also knew that others in the church family may need this cake more than he did as he often gets gifts given to him by his congregation.

The vicar suggested to Adele that she gave her cake to Homer instead.  The vicar explained to Adele that love is more than just romantic love between two people..  There is also the love of God which is also called "agape".  So in giving the cake to Homer she is showing him the love of God which is a very special love that includes everyone in the world.

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We wonder who ELSE was even more thrilled than Homer to receive this cake?

Of course it just HAS to be .........Sepp, Homer's pet rat.  She can't wait to have a little nibble of a dolly mixture or two....or three..........!

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