I Think Your Trick-or-Treat Bag Would Work Just Fine
1. Every year, Dimples has to design a NEW, elaborate box for her Valentines from school.
2. Every year, she brings the box to school on the appointed day, brings it home at the end of the day, and we get to look at the assortment of cards therein – most of which no one even troubled to write her name on.
3. Every year, we argue over what to do with the box.
I mean, really, why do you need a big box covered with red hearts sitting in the middle of your closet taking up valuable space, particularly when you are never going to use it again? Because – see #1
Once more, I am proven wrong.
Dimples has been sick since last Thursday, some sort of virus the doctor is certain she will eventually kick, but seems to have developed a liking for the Firepants household and does not feel compelled to move on.
Last night, convinced for some reason that she was going to experience a miraculous recovery in 8 hours, Dimples nearly had a panic attack because she had not yet decorated a Valentine box for school.
“Geez, you can just bring any old box. No one is going to care if you have a box with hearts on it or one that’s au natural and says Tampax all over it.” (O.K. I didn’t say the last part, but you have to admit, it would be interesting to see the teacher’s face if she brought that box to school.)
“Mom, it’s for an Art grade!” Dimples admonished me.
Out of respect for her somewhat frail condition, I set aside my lecture on the disappearance of proper Art in the schools and my absolute, positive, without a doubt knowledge that a shoe box covered with scrapbook paper and glitter glue did not constitute Art.
A glimmer of an inkling of a possibility of a memory entered my brain.
“Didn’t you save your box from last year?”
Reflexively, Dimples dismissed my suggestion, as she does all others that I have not cleverly disguised as her own thoughts.
However, when I settled her down for the night, there was her last-year-somewhat-dented-Valentine Box, sitting on her duct tape school bag (which qualifies more as Art, I think, than the box) in preparation for the next day.
I think we’re even on this one. She knowingly used an idea that came out of my brain, and I implicitly admitted that her decision to store last year’s box was not completely wrong.
It’s Win-Win.
Posted on February 14, 2012, in Children, Dimples, Dogs, Humor, Parenting and tagged art, box, children, Dimples, humor, parenting, Valentine. Bookmark the permalink. 21 Comments.
HA! Wish I could find a use for all the boxes, bags and the other paraphernalia receptacles littering my children’s rooms. Good for you both.
Hope Dimples feels better soon.
Now we get to argue over it all over again…
Seriously about the duct tape! I was shocked at how kids went all out with their boxes. Do 5th graders just not care- I am remembering a Reebok box with a couple heart stickers thrown on??? Anyway, Lance’s was no where near at the level of the others’. Oh well, there is alwaÿs next year! Oh, and I hope everyone gets well soon!!
After spending half of last night coughing, I think she is finally on her way to recovery.
I’m sure Lance’s box looks fine!
Hope your girl gets over it soon.
And duct tape fills any requirements, especially artistic ones.
Thanks, Guap! I think she’s better now – after keeping me up most of last night.
Maybe we should duct tape our sorry concrete floor; that would definitely be an improvement.
I always think the same thing about mailing
stuff. Since i work in a dr office I always
think it would be funny to mail peoples
gifts in a box the speculums come in.
That would be funny! See – there’s no doubt we’re related!
I’m pretty impressed that you still have last year’s box in decent condition. Brilliant suggestion, by the way. And I love her backpack!
I think the angle of the picture made it appear better looking than it was. But she didn’t seem too concerned.
I giggled about the Tampax box. Poor girl wouldn’t get a single card in that case, I bet.
I am always floored by Dimple’s crazy duct tape skills. That girl should make duct tape things for profit and save up for university.
She may have to sell the bags to support her Bath and Body works habit.
Well I guess Dimples has a good reason
for saving everything just in case. lol
Shh! Don’t tell her that. It was a fluke. Hoarding things is a problem – not a solution!
Look at you manipulating the mind of our youth. the future is very scary indeed. 😉
It’s kind of worrisome that I’m a teacher, isn’t it?
It is a good thing you wrote this post. I was just about to start a petition that the schools throw away all the useless garbage that they send home with our kids, but you have shown me that some of the stuff could be useful…I don’t know if I should be happy or sad about that. 😉
Dealing with Dimples’ school garbage has certainly made me more conscientious about what I send home with my own students.
Ah.. win/win… thats the way to live! 🙂 Of course win/loose is great if you win.. hehehe We love your posts.. hope Dimples feels better!
Your friends,
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Fortunately for both of us, Dimples is not as competitive as her mother!
My son came home with a Valentine addressed to “Boy.” That one is going in the scrapbook.