When I was about seven, my grandpa made me a bed. I'm not completely certain how it
really happened, but
my memory of it is that he and my grandma drove from Utah to Texas with it strapped to the roof of their car. I have a very clear visual of Grandpa presenting it to me in the driveway next to the mimosa tree in the front yard.
It wasn't fancy--really it was just a box big enough to fit a twin sized mattress--but I LOVED it.
A year or so later, I turned that box bed into a museum.
While my parents were out and my brother was babysitting, I convinced (her memory is that it wasn't that hard to talk her into it) my sister to help me pull the mattress out and we filled the box with our rock collection. Which was mostly a gravel collection, but it was big and I was proud of it.
Anna and I organized the rocks into groups and we made tiny plaques with the rock names on them (most of them made up) for the visitors that I was SURE would come.
You have no idea how proud I was of our work. When my parents came home, they were flabbergasted. Not everyone comes home from a date to find a museum in their house.
My mom and dad were probably annoyed. Or mad even. I remember them being impressed.
Whatever they really were, they let us keep our exhibit and we slept on the floor the entire Summer that year.
So what does this have to do with
The Giveaway up there in the title?
Well, the good people at
All Children's Furniture have agreed to sponsor a giveaway here at MCMB, and they actually SELL a kind of gussied up version of my
rock exhibit bed.
Just looking through their merchandise makes me feel all gooey about the time I spent parading my neighborhood friends in front of my
rock museum.
So
what are we giving away (don't you just wish I would stop reminiscing with myself and tell you already)? Well, along with
kids furniture, All Children's Furniture sells TOYS. And since I am all about good, open ended toys, I have to say I am a little jealous that this little goodie will be shipped directly to the winner's home...
According to the site:
this little wood stove and oven is just the appliance for the beginner chef who wants to cook up quick meals like fried eggs and pizza and other culinary delights. The 30-piece kitchen play set includes pots and pans, sliceable veggies and bread, utensils, and even salt and pepper. The slide-together pieces make assembly a snap. Ideal for children ages 3 and up. Retail Value: $69.99!So what do you have to do to enter? Go to All Children's Furniture. Look around. Then come back and tell me something that catches your eye in a comment. That will get you one entry.
Follow me for a second entry (or tell me in your comment that you are already a follower). For additional entries, blog about this lovely giveaway, twitter about it or link it up on Facebook.
So I think, and my math is rotten so I could be wrong, that gives you five entries. Potentially. The contest will run from today, May 25th to Monday June 1st at midnight. I'll announce the winner on Wednesday the 3rd.
Just imagine. Maybe you will fall in love with their version of my childhood box bed. And then maybe YOUR kid will make it into a museum. Or something equally as flabbergasting and fabulous.
