Delivering Neighborly Notes

My kids love to go out to the mailbox and get the mail.  They especially love looking to see if their magazine is in the mail.  They both have a subscription to a kids' magazine and receive it monthly.  Well, today Isaac's magazine came in.  Josiah was a little jealous, so I handed him some junk mail and he was a happy camper.  

After awhile, the boys decided to grab a pen and go out on our front porch and "sell some mail".  I didn't know what that meant, but came to find out that it meant they wrote on the tear-out cards from the magazine, and delivered the cards to the neighbors' porches.  (Sometimes my boys remind me of The Little Rascals.)  I felt bad, but I had to make them go to each porch and pick the "mail" up off of the ground.  They were pretty bummed, so I told them to come into the house and we'd make some "real mail" for the neighbors.  I pulled out scrapbook paper, markers, ribbon and tags, and they got to work.  They made 4 different cards, and we went and tied them to 4 different doorknobs.  

I told them to be quiet (and told Josiah to quit looking in all of the windows) so that they wouldn't open the door as I was tying on the note.  They were HILARIOUS!  They were sneaking around, covering their mouths, and giggling so much.  

After our little adventure, we went back in the house and they watched out the window as each neighbor came home.  I didn't stop them, because it was so funny to watch.  But they would throw open the door and run outside and announce to each neighbor that they had something on the front door.  

One couple was so funny.  They are a little grouchy and probably think that our kids are annoying.  But they went and untied the note, said "thank you", and shut their garage door.  Haha!  The other 3 neighbors smiled so big and had funny conversations with the boys...especially Josiah.

I love having outgoing kids.  I would be a recluse if not for them (okay, and if not for Jay).  

I wonder if my boys will remember sneaking around attaching notes to doors when they grow older, or if this is just a fun memory that I will always have.