The elder two are on a mystery errand with Nana, at the moment, and the younger three decided that they wanted to sit on the front porch and “draw nature.” By all means, I said … after all, I still have two pages to write before this term-paper-that-never-ends will be complete … and sent them to the porch armed with notepads and pencils to sketch sticks and ferns.

Well, No. 5 just walked in with a stamped envelope that he found in the study (it was one that his older brother took to summer camp with intentions of mailing a letter to Nana and Granddad but never got around to sending) and asked if he could “mail nature to Nana.” At that, I looked up from my work and saw that the envelope looked rather thick.

He had filled it with dirt and grass.

He had even decorated the envelope and written “NATURE” in big letters on the back. I had to inform him that I didn’t think you could mail dirt, but he could hand-deliver the envelope to Nana and Granddad for their yard. What a gift … my mom will be so thrilled. :p