"you've got mail"

growing up, there were no cell phones, no facebook, or twitter. when we wanted someone to know something we would typically write it down and give it as a note. because of that, i love leaving "love notes" around for the people i love. my kids and husband get them in their lunches, by their beds, and hidden to find in many, many different places.

in doing so, my girls have caught on...and we now receive a lot of mail from them as well!

our favorite place to leave messages for each other now is our mail station in the kid's art room. (more on the art room later!) we each have our own mail box. my husband's mailbox is actually from his childhood. the kids have fun writing or drawing messages and then lifting the flag up indicating that "you've got mail." 

the other day i walked into the room and my oldest daughter hid her mail in a hurry. this was what i came upon...

we had just told the girls that we were going to visit mom's beach this year "crystal" beach, my name is crystal, and we need to take the ferry or "fairy" over to see it.

i do make it a rule that we don't keep these notes very long. we try and recycle them within a week. (in this case though, i might have to hang on to this one and add it to her journal that i keep for her) until then it is placed up on our family tree that we made several years ago as a fun fall project.

so there you have it...our post office that stays open 24/7 all year round!

this started out as a valentine's tradition, but has now made it into our everyday...

What is the most creative way that your family communicates?