A surplus of envelopes & Capri Sun boxes equals...

... a really fun project! I'm not crafty by any means, but it was easy enough to spray paint a couple of Capri Sun boxes bright blue, cut holes in them and call 'em mailboxes! This worked great because all three kids (ages 6, 4 and almost 2) had fun their own way. MM wrote her spelling words (under duress, haha) on "letters" and put them in envelopes, and then she practiced writing her name and address. It wasn't all drudgery, though, as she also decorated the envelopes. Tonight we'll open them and she can read her words (ooh, I bet she can't wait!).

V-Man had the most fun, I think (that kid could have fun with a spot on the floor). He wrote letter after letter, all of which spelled something along the lines of IHIOOOHI. But I got him to write MOMMY and DADDY on the envelopes, and we had a long conversation about how letters get from here to there... which involved a discussion of airplanes, which necessarily led to his favorite, the Blackbird, which can cross the US in one hour and is used for TOP SECRET MISSIONS ONLY, as he reminds me about once an hour. So I checked, and I can definitively state that postal workers do not use Blackbirds to deliver our letters from Nonnie and Grandpa.

When Captain D woke up (what, you think I do stuff like this when he's awake???), he immediately set to task inserting the letters and pulling them out. That kept him occupied for all of 33 seconds, and then he decided to rip all the stamps off, which set V-Man to screaming, so then it was popsicle time.

It's popsicle time a lot around here.