Love Mail

You would think that with Valentine's Day around the corner there would be just a little bit more.....well....niceness around the house. Think again. For my three boys, Valentine's Day is just another holiday to load up on the sweets. Maybe that's the blame for all the extra yelling and fighting around here.

The solution. We made and decorated a Valentine Mailbox. I've heard of this before and thought we could try it in our family. Each day everyone can write love notes to whoever they want in the family and after dinner we open it up and read all the mail. It has been fun...and definitely entertaining! One day Ethan drew me a family of kissing rattlesnakes. Very funny. Another night Bryant had fun writing down valentine jokes and riddles for everyone. Even Rob and I have had some extra fun with it. The result.... yes, I would say there's some extra niceness around here. This will definitely become a longstanding tradition for us.