Farmer love on a Valentine's Day box

This weekend, my daughter made her Valentine box. While most kids are making pink and red hearts and sticking them on their boxes, my daughter takes her green felt-covered box, heads up to her brother's room, makes a great deal of noise (I heard my son say to her, "What ARE you doing, anyway?") and voila...

It's farmer love on a Valentine box!

It is pictured here, in my vehicle, just prior to delivery to her classroom over the noon hour today. As you might guess, taking something like this on the bus was not really an option, so I offered to drop it off. When I walked into her classroom, I kind of disturbed the class momentarily as a couple of boys ran over and said, "Cool."

Nobody ever said a Valentine box had to be covered with hearts and flowers. And I think it's pretty awesome that my daughter chose to cover hers with pigs and horses and corn and cows! And I never thought I would say it, but thankfully, my son is a bit of a pack rat, because if it wouldn't have been for him keeping all these farm props in a box in his closet, this ode to agriculture would have never been possible!

I'll be spending time with her class tomorrow, as well, when they go through the Living Ag Classroom exhibits at Agri-International. I'm really excited to find out what these fourth-graders learn about agriculture after they spend time at all the booths.

Stay tuned!

Dawn