Penpals

I often wonder about whether or not my girls will be close friends when they're all grown up. I can't imagine them not, but you never know. I know siblings who have pleasant relationships, but they don't have enough in common to have a tight-knit relationship. And then there are siblings I know that fought like cats and dogs as kids, but are total besties now.

We deal with our fair share of bickering over toys and clothes and who gets to retrieve the newspaper off the front porch in the morning (seriously). But, still, it's easy to see that Bo and Magpie love each other very much. I took them for a little hike this morning and at one point Magpie tripped and fell. Bo helped her little sister up, dusted off her clothes and took her hand as they continued down the trail, neither of them knowing that I saw the whole thing. Oh, those moments. Part of the reason I write a blog is so I don't forget them.

One thing the girls like to do is "write" each other "letters," so while I was at the thrift shop a couple weeks ago, I picked up an old mailbox for them. It cost $3.99 and looked like this: 

With a little pink spray paint ...

It now looks like this and is mounted on their playroom wall:

They're enjoying leaving treasures in there for each other--sometimes the treasures resemble mail; sometimes they leave each other little toys or painted rocks.

Cheap. Easy. Simple. Fun. Just the way we like it.

Comments

[klay]

Wonderful! I love getting mail,real mail - not bills or junk. Maybe I should do this for myself and have my family "mail" me things :)
Ya, I'm sure they'd be in to that...

[Megan]

Thanks, Klay! You should do it. Imagine the collection of sweet notes you'd have over time.

[twirling betty]

Such a great idea. Are you ever tempted to put notes in there yourself?
And I know what you mean about the little moments of sisterly love. The other day I came upon my girls having a little cuddle and it was one of my happiest moments of motherhood ever.

[Jenn Schlich]

Beautiful. We have an old built in mailbox that isn't used anymore, but it has a little door inside at perfect kid height. Luna uses it to put blocks in right now, but I forsee love letters in the future. Just found out I'm preggo too, so maybe love letters between sisters. I just recently became friends with my sister since moving here, it's nice to have family to count on.

[Apryl]

LOVE IT!!! Great post! So cute :)

[Megan]

Congratulations, Jenn! So how far apart will your kids be? Mine are 27 months. It was a challenge at first (Bo liked the idea of having a little sister, but not the actual little sister), but it's going beautifully now.
Thanks, guys. No, TB, I haven't left any notes in there yet. Good idea. And don't you love those cuddle moments? They make up for the crazy times, like this morning when I had to strap Magpie into her car seat half clothed because she was too uncooperative to get dressed before we had to leave for school.

[Jenn Schlich]

They will be 27 months as well. I has just decided to not have another, but it turns out was already pregnant when I made that decision. So, I'm still in shock a bit, but everything happens for a reason and everything will be just fine (but I'm still in shock).

[Adonna]

What a cute idea. I have a friend who had a miniature mailbox in their garden where miniature letters from various birds and frogs were often "found" by their girls.

[sarah]

adorable. they will have such sweet memories.

[Nikki M]

This is precious! I love this idea. How incredible is it that your girls do that for each other. Thank you for sharing!

[Krisi]

Adorable! What a great idea!! Also adorable is the hanging chair. Can you tell me where you purchased this. I must have one for my son's room...I bet it makes the perfect reading nook!