Remember the days when we made our Valentine's boxes in school? That was probably one of my most favorite part of school. All that glue, glitter, lacy hearts, sequins, etc. And the mess! We had glitter in our school carpet for weeks!! Sadly, my kids have never experienced that kind of wonder. They have to make their boxes at home, with boring ol' me! It is a terrible tragedy. I am not a crafty person and don't have great stuff laying around to make a glamorous box.
Luke is the only one still in the Valentine Box stage. And this year, his took a little different direction. Matt is a scuba diver and instructor. He gets this fabulous, high gloss magazine every month. We decided this year it would be fun to make Luke's box an ocean of sorts. We had everything planned except the opening. My vote was just for a slit in the top. Luke's vote was for a drawbridge. Of coarse, a draw bridge. I told him a slit would be easier. He turned to me and replied, "It's ok, Mom. We have Matthew this year. He can do it." After some planning and measuring, the drawbridge was made.
As Luke got out of the car this morning, he surveyed other kid's boxes and turned to me and reported, "My box doesn't look like anyone else's." It was said with a lot of pride.
