Bays Valentines Day mailbox

My mom called me the other day and told me this great valentines day idea my sister found on pinterest that she was doing for her son Eli.The idea was to make a special Valentines Day mailbox with your toddler. You can make it out of something as simple as an old shoe box that is decorated with stickers and paper or you can do what we did and buy an expensive mailbox kit.Once it is decorated you explain to your toddler that every morning they get to come out and check their mailbox for a love note and a treat. Every night before bed I would write down something I loved about him on a heart shaped piece of paper and place it in his mailbox with a hershey kiss. It was fun to see Bay run into the front room first thing each morning to check his mailbox. I loved seeing his excitement as I read him what I had written on his love note. Once I read him what I had written on it I put a glue dot on the back of his letter and he would put it on a big red heart on the side of our fridge.I wanted to make sure he could see all the notes on the fridge, and it allowed him to show his daddy each morning his new love note for that day. It was special for both of us.As you can see he loved it...We will be doing this next year for both kids.
The alligator mailbox Bay chose.
Posing with his mailbox
As you can see he loved the special attention from me.
The heart on the fridge that we glued all his love notes to. I love that I got a picture that captured his excitement as he checked his mailbox each morning. I am doing this again next year for sure