I don't really like hearts for valentines

Back in the good old days when I was in 5th grade, we had an activity for Valentines Day that I TOTALLY loved.  We spent a good portion of our class "Valentine's Party" making a mailbox out of a shoebox to receive our valentines in.  Then we had a contest and voted for the best box.  Let me tell you with a blush of pride that my amazing box won both in 5th grade AND in 6th grade.  You see, paper crafting is (and was) TOTALLY my element.

If I remember correctly, my mailboxes were flush with precisely cut hearts in all the appropriate shades of red, pink and white.  I believe there were 3-D hearts, scalloped hearts and even little paper "springs" that made some of the hearts shake gently!  How amazing and valentiney is that?

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Now, flash forward to 2010.  Flash forward to motherhood of FOUR boys.  Two of these boys were working on their "Valentines Mailboxes" last night.  Excitedly I offered, "I have colored paper!  Do you want some!  How about red, and pink and white!!!!!"  (oh joy.)  "I'll even help you cut out some hearts!"  (be still my heart.)

Proto:  "I don't really want hearts on it."

Me: "WHAT?  WHY NOT?  HOW CAN YOU MAKE A VALENTINES MAILBOX WITH NO HEARTS!!!!"

Proto:  "I don't really like hearts for Valentines.  This boy in my class made a cool mailbox, it's a toilet, and you pull this lever and flush the valentine!"

Me:  (feeling shaky and weak)  "What's valentiney about THAT?"

Proto:  "Nothing.  Do you have some blue paper?"

Me: "Blue??"

Me: (silently) "BLASPHEMY!!!!"

Me: (sob) "Here's some blue paper..........."

My boy is proudly going to school tomorrow with a cougar blue mailbox, with the words, "BYU -- #15" and a drawing of a football on it.

Makes his mama proud.

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What the heck is a SCALLOPED heart??!! ah ha haha ha.

Funny post.

**KT

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my semtiments exactly.

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