Halloween Pen Pals

Cal came up with this idea himself! In our weekly perusal of the Target dollar aisle for fun goodies, Cal made a comment about sending presents to his cousins Carson and Brandon. He is really into sharing lately, and I want to encourage him in that characteristic, so I said, "Okay! Let's mail some Halloween goodies to your cousins." We bought a bunch of little knick knacks from the dollar aisle, including a Halloween memory game, stickers, and some rainbow-scratch paper ghost ornaments. Cal was delighted when we went to the post office to send the packages, and I admittedly had a hard time keeping the secret until my sis and sister-in-law called to tell me the boys had received their presents.

But the best surprise came about a week later, when Cal received not one, but two packages in the mail.   

 Brandon and Carson sent him toys, decorations, even socks. Here's Cal putting up his new Halloween gel-clings:

 Cal was excited about putting a felt sticky face on the pumpkin in his room.

 And he LOVED this green monster claw; he took is everywhere with him.

We'll have to keep the tradition going and send holiday packages year-round. Cal loved picking out the presents for his cousins. Hooray for pen pal cousins! It makes me happy that they'll know each other when we get together for the holidays.