With Memorial Day is coming up this weekend, I remind the kids of what we are celebrating. Rather than tell them that we are commemorating those who have fallen in war, which is the true intent of the holiday, I opt for a less macabre explanation for my 3- and 4-year olds. We are celebrating all of the soldiers who save us. Briana asks me how the soldiers find out that we are celebrating them and I tell her that they get letters in the mail. The kids want to send letters in the mail to a soldier, but I don’t actually know anyone overseas right now. I tell them that they can send mail to a friend of mine who is being deployed at the end of the summer, but they want to do it today. Of course. So, we pretend. First we need a mailbox. Luckily I got a shipment of coffees from Keurig today and have the perfect size box. I also got a mug as a gift from the kids’ school so I can use that smaller box for extra...
I am teaching my kids everything from math to reading to manners, and blogging about our weekly thinking cap adventures.