Elliot

For the first part of the year, we were having Eric's preschool friend come over on Thursday mornings while her mom worked in her brother's classroom. Eric really, really, really enjoyed having Elliot visit on a regular basis and we'd do all sorts of things while she was at our house. On this particular day, I had a couple cardboard boxes that I decided we could use for an art project. I thought we could turn them into buildings or something of the sort and make a little city with them. When I made the suggestion to E & E, they came up with an even better idea -- turn the boxes into mailboxes, since they already had slots cut in them. Both kids were on board (with Talia too, who typically comes along for the ride) to paint the boxes, cut out the letters of their name to glue on the boxes and write letters to "mail." All three kids enjoyed painting outside.