When I was a kid I loved getting things via postal mail from my friends & family. As I grew older, I obtained several pen pals and exchanged letters & little gifts with them via snail mail for many years. Even as an adult now…I prefer to send letters and cards via postal mail than send or receive via email. I love walking to my mailbox and finding something in there other than bills & junk mail. How about you?
Now that I am a grandparent…I’ve been instilling that same fun and love for postal mail onto my little grand daughter Gia. When she was about 2 years old we started regularly sending her letters, cards, postcards and little trinkets through the mail system. Matter of fact, two of my friends are her “big sister” pen pals and send her things in the mail too!
Last month the Princess walked to the mailbox with me and was pretty excited to find a new postcard in there from her Pen Pal Chris (hello Miss Chris). Once we got inside, she read that card over & over for about 30 minutes. Oh my gosh, you would of thought that Chris had sent her gold & diamonds (we hope those are coming next LOL) but it goes to show you that kid’s enjoy getting postal mail too!
This is a very rewarding experience for her and yes…she does send cards & goodies back to all of her pen pals and friends. I think in this day and age…it is important to go back to some old-fashioned things and introduce those to our children so that they can experience them & learn from them.
Do any of you do this with your children, grand children or with children of friends? I absolutely LOVE doing this and will introduce are little grandson to this too once he is old enough to participate. Your thoughts?
I agre with you that it is wonderful to instill these practices with our young ones. The experiences can be much more rewarding than internet actions.
My daughter-in-law said it today…kids love getting boxes. I try to send them boxes and cards often. They love getting the mail (and, of course the surprises inside.) It makes me happy to do these small things for them. It’s great when they call or send pictures back showing them wearing or playing with whatever I sent.
I have always always loved snail mail and still do. I love sending real cards and postcards to loved ones and I still write to my best friend via snail mail.
I definitely like getting real mail. I subscribe to LEGO magazine for my nephews because they love getting something in their names! I remember, years ago, sending my cousin’s little boy a magazine subscription & his mom caught him explaining to his little sister that getting mail means ‘you are a citizen.’ LOL
I had fun mails this week: $25 Walmart GC, $25 Target GC and some hand cream.
My granddaughter loves writing and mailing notes to her friends. I think it is such an important skills to practice. Kids can be so expressive as they are writing.
Bless her heart for helping keep the U.S. Postal Service in business. I thought we would have lost Saturday service by now since they are in debt but it is still going. I have elderly relatives who do not have computers so postal mail is the only way to go.
I received my P&G Walmart gift card I won here (thank you!) and several boxes of Love Grown Cereal I won also. A few freebie food coupons came in the mail too, which are always appreciated. I will eat well this week, lol.
So cute!!
*Waving*
HI Gia!! I am so glad you like the mail