January's Project

Each month Triston's class has a family project and this month it was to make a box for their Valentine's party. We have had a lot of fun on these projects. Mom helped Triston withe the scarecrow and then we finished it at home. Then mom helped Triston with his Christmas tree while the girls and I baked cookies. This time Triston, Trenton and myself all pitched in and helped decorate. The boys each painted a heart I cut out of white paper to put on the sides. The paint made a huge mess, but I just kept telling myself it is washable. Then I wrapped the box in red wrapping paper and we put the two hearts on the ends of the box. I placed black mailbox letters on the front for his name and added some stickers and die cuts from my scrapbooking stuff. There were a couple of moments that I needed a reality check during this project. Sometimes I get so caught up in the why "I" think that things should be and don't realize that I could learn a lot from the boys. Triston wanted to put the negative space that was left over from the stickers on the top of the box and I was like absolutely not! He did it anyway and I acted like it was the end of the world. I don't know why I have such a hard time sometimes. I told Triston that the box was ruined! (What a great mom!) Then he looked at me and said, "It is MY box, mom!" Already with the attitude! But he was right and it put me back in my place where I needed to be. Thanks Triston! But all in all we had a lot of fun decorating the box and it was great that Triston let Trenton put his heart on the box, too.