Mailbox Monday - Special Delivery

Through rain, sleet, snow...

We went to a Lego Exhibition as a family on Friday and came across this Lego gem! 

A little Royal Mail truck! How sweet!

Have a lovely week everyone!

We have had a few summer-like days here. So wonderful!

Mailbox Monday

So some super awesome people got my kids this super awesome mailbox for their birthdays (4 days apart...and 3 years too). Thank you Auntie Harmony, Uncle Dylan, Cohen & Everleigh!

Gift for Mom and kids - yep!

Wooden mailbox, letters and stamps
(that stick on with velcro).

Super Rad!

Have a great week everyone!

Mailbox Monday

Christmas Mailbox!

Someone special and thoughtful picked this up for me - a Christmas mailbox! How cute! Perfect for wrapping up a sweet little gift. My daughter has been delivering me all kinds of mail in this little tin wonder (princesses, stickers, and puffs - see below). My kids have both been loading it up with puffs and emptying it out, and loading it up and...

Puffs, puffs and more puffs!

Have a wonderful week everyone! 

Mailbox Monday

A few gems from Etsy.com today!

Sweetest Little Fairy Mailbox!

I've been telling my daughter fairy stories about little doors in gardens, rocks, and trees for a little while now and she loves them. And I've seen lots of little doors to buy for the garden but a mailbox? Thank you DragonFlyStudioArts - what a grand idea! Thanks to Janee for letting me post her picture here.

What lovely fun for your little one!

Another cool mailbox to share! This one is from LittleCrickets - so much love! This is a pdf pattern and she has a lot of great patterns in her store. Thanks to Mecca for letting me post her picture here.

Just some sweet mailbox fun for you on this Mailbox Monday!

Oh Glorious Summer!

     We've been visiting a lot of places that we normally send mail too - so fun! I imagine I'm not the only one. We feel like we've had the one of the best summers of our lives over here - weather was great but really it was all about visiting friends and family and doing lots of things together - including camping with the kids for the first time!

Beautiful Summer Sunset in Wabasca, Alberta
One of our stops this summer - 16 hour drive (with kids - yikes!)

   
     My kids also had the chance to be in a wedding - flower girl (loved the dress and took her job very seriously) and ring bearer (at 18 months we weren't sure how this was going to go down - happy to say he nailed it).

Flower Girl

Ring Bearer

     And while we were enjoying summer (and trying not to be inside too much) the count has been working its way up with thank you letters, postcards, notes and a bunch of chain letters...wait, what? Okay, not a chain letter of old and not as nefarious as it sounds...it is a sticker chain letter - totally fun for kids (had it sent my way and passed it on). I've seen a similar one with books instead of stickers (again, fun mail for kids).

Hopefully this gives you the idea!

     And I'm finally getting to the computer on a cool, September morning. Yep, it seems Fall is here. It was an amazing summer but Fall brings a lot of fun too!  Love the smell of the cool air and how it makes me want to cozy up in a sweater and drink tea on my back deck. Oh yes Fall, you have a place in my heart too. A great time to send your favourite tea/hot chocolate/coffee to a friend in the mail or take some fall photos and send them off to family (you know the ones where you are jumping into the leaf pile).

424/1000 added 15 to the count!

Summer Days

Rainy days, cloudy days, sunny days...either way summer days are almost here...with kids out of school and lots of time on their hands! Hopefully, you have lots of fun things planned and lots of days of doing nothing (that's important too!). My husband and I adore sleep in days over here...most days it is the crack of dawn but on summer holidays we take turns (yep, I love my guy). We are looking forward to lots of fun-filled activities too (camping is what my daughter is most looking forward to).

A couple of things...the end of the school year is fast approaching and if you haven't thought of getting a teacher in your life a present it might be a good idea. There are lots of fab ideas out there but you know I'm going to advocate for some lovely stationery (that maybe they could use throughout the next year...sending lovely notes home to moms and dads just like you about how great your kids are). Or at least write the teacher a nice card or better yet have your child do it.  I'm also a sucker for cool post-it notes & Starbucks' cards.

"Mom, I'm bored!" Oh my gosh did you hear that already? Hopefully not...but maybe a good time to do the penpal thing if my penpal post didn't inspire you earlier perhaps you are thinking it over now. Or write a note or send a care package to a relative (photos, letter, treats). Is someone coming to visit you this summer or maybe you are going to visit someone else - send them a little, "I'm so excited" mail to get the anticipation going!

Here is a cool idea - Send a scavenger hunt to someone - they can send you a picture of all the items once they've found them (one picture or a picture for each one). Then they could send one to you (okay, I just thought of this and now I think I may need to try it today!).

Find a frog!

Find a red balloon!

So they could be things to do or things to find.

(adults or kids can do this)

A book page with your name on it.

A buttercup.

A heart shaped rock or rock with a stripe on it.
A coin from the year you were born.
Something that starts with the letter M.

Here are some ideas to get you started!
Have fun!

374/1000 - 9 fine letters going out today (they may or may not contain scavenger hunts)...