Entrepreneurs....

I had the opportunity to help at Trent's school today. The first graders are selling Friendship Grams to raise money for their year end field trip. It was a lot of fun for them to see their efforts played out.

They had to make signs ahead of time to advertise the event. They had to collect money from other students. They had to fold the "grams" and attach a chocolate kiss to each one after it was sold. We then delivered each gram to the correct class for the teacher to hand out to the lucky student. We had it pretty easy...as the kids had yesterday off and most forgot about the sale. The sale continues till Friday...and it should be bopping by then. The kids really get the hang of it by then and want to send them back to their friends!

Of course, the most popular job was collecting the money. It was fun to see the different kids personalities. One girl was sure that she was going to make the color choice for each buyer...she and a boy had a little disagreement when she instructed him that he had to send a pink gram! (we'll just call her a control freak) Another girl was eager to organize all the grams by color around the table. (we'll just check back and see if she becomes a secretary!) One boy was stopping all the teachers as they passed by, asking them to purchase a gram (we are sure he will be selling something in the future!)

Isn't it fun to realize God makes us all unique! We are all different...Amazing! How many different combinations are there?? Some of us carry traits of our dads or moms or even our grandparents...but we are in no way....'just like them!' Even at this young age...they are unique and have very different personalities.

What I'm gleaning from this day is, they are watching you and forming their personalities and characteristics. Don't be fooled to think they aren't hearing you talk about someone unkindly or use harsh language toward your spouse or hear you fib about the truth. Be vigilant about raising your kids...they are watching!