See you in Laredo!: Kids wanted! Spend the 1st Saturday of the month at The Home Depot.

Well hello there, it’s Monica again. Monday through Friday it’s mainly work, work, work.
Ideally, Saturdays are for sleeping in – that is, until the phone rings…
May 5, 2012, the phone rings and it’s my husband’s coworker on the line telling us there’s something going on at The Home Depot for kids. Sleeping time is over and it’s time to go investigate.
We arrive and walk in. Upon entering, you’re greeted by some smiling faces staffing a table covered with an orange table throw that indicates The Home Depot hosts Free Kids Workshops the first Saturday of each month.

Here’s what you do: Sign your kids in at the welcome table and receive a project packet for each child. Next, find yourself a spot at the work tables and get to work.

Today’s project, assemble a Planter Box. The supplies are spread out on the tables: hammers, paint, letters for decorating, flowers and soil. My husband and son got straight to work.

After assembling the planter box, it was my turn to help with the painting. In case I didn’t mention it, my 13 month old daughter also received a planter to work on, find her at the bottom right hand corner peeking through the stroller handles…

Looking around, everyone appeared to be having a good time. I thought they had a pretty good turn out. Once the paint was dry, the staff provided you with flowers to plant along with the necessary soil. When finished, you take your completed project back to the greeters with the smiling faces. They then present each child with a Certificate of Achievement.