Letters from Henry

Henry and Walter have discovered a joy in letter-writing...especially the part the involves envelopes and stamps. 

They think it's fun to look through my stack of mismatched cards and envelopes, write a note or draw a picture, put it in an envelope, discreetly drop it behind me or Nate and then run away and watch us open it from a hiding spot. 

While I was getting a meal together last week, the boys sat at the kitchen table coloring and writing,

when Henry asked me how to spell, "are." 

 It went like this:

"Mom, how do you spell 'are' ?"

Mom: "Do you mean like, 'We are funny?'"

Henry:  "Yes."

Mom:  "A-R-..."

Henry:  "No Mom, like R."

Mom:  "Oh, you mean, how do you write the letter 'R'?" 

On my way over to the table, he said, "Never mind - I remember."

When I looked down to see his work,  I wasn't expecting to see this:

(Dear George, I love you.)

I was stunned - blown away, that my 5-year-old could write a note to his cousin all by himself! 

I send my many thanks to his teacher,  Mrs. V.O.!

A few days later, when Nate and I told the boys they couldn't do something that they wanted to do, Henry wrote the following  note, tucked it inside a "Happy Birthday" card, and delivered it to our bedroom.

 Dear Dad,

I am Mad.

Happy and Frown faces included.

I love that he tried it out a few times, starting at the top...

DI = Dad I'm

DIM = Dad I'm Mad

 D D D = Dear DaD

i A M D = i Am MaD or i'm MAD (just a little out of order)

Sorry, that was the teacher in me coming out, but I think it's amazing!  Their minds are such sponges!