Letters

A few days ago Flat Andrew came to visit us.

My cousin's son had read the book Flat Stanley at school

and the class made their own "flat self".

(click on the picture to see more Flat Stanley)

Andrew mailed his "flat self" to us

and we have been taking him on all sorts of excursions.

Bailey's teacher loved the project and ran with it.

(I love Bailey's teacher. Mrs. J, will you teach her in second grade, too?)

Flat Andrew has been all over with us.

(But I won't say where because I want the real Andrew to be surprised)

We're taking pictures and sending Flat Andrew

back to the real thing soon

with lots of stories to tell.

Needless to say, we've been thinking a lot about

mail and letters.

One of our favorite books is

The Jolly Postman

It's a cute little story of a postman who delivers letters

to fairy tale characters like Goldilocks and Cinderella.

Every other page is an actual envelope with a letter tucked inside

and they are cleverly written

(for instance Goldilocks writes an apology to

Baby Bear for breaking his chair)

On library day at school last week Bailey chose

Dear Polar Bear

also a sweet little story with it's own letters inside.

And thinking about letters,

a while ago I found this little letter

over at Thimbly Things.

I love how casual the note is.

No need to wait for a birthday or Valentine's day.

Perhaps mailed?

Or make one for the kid's lunchbox as a napkin.

Have you heard of the

World's Smallest Postal Service?

Look how tiny Lea writes them!

And Just Something I Made has great letter things, too.

You can print this little stamp house out and

make one for yourself

And I love the way she decorates her mail with

a homemade stamp

Then today Ashley over at Lil Blue Boo

showed us how incredibly creative she is and posted

this Letter Package she sent

complete with letters that tell little bits of their own story

and souvenirs!

Have a fabulous weekend-

I hope you get lots of good mail!

Em