There is a little tiny bug going around my house that seems to be keeping my girls from telling the truth. Little girls are not cute when they tell little fibs. To encourage them to tell the truth - the first time - I purchased the "I cannot tell a lie" toy axe and candy holder at the Mt. Vernon gift shop. I told the girls about the legend of George Washington after visiting his home -so they knew who he was, and could identify him as a child putting his axe into a cherry tree. I could see them thinking about the story as I told the story - it was quite sweet. I said to them that after his father asked him if he had put the ax into the tree, he replied "I cannot tell a lie" that he had put his axe into the tree. They were smitten with the story and were equally excited about the prospect of getting one of the candies inside, if they told the truth.
Just the other day I asked one of the girls a question about were she had put her gum ( since they often don't throw away gum in the right place) she looked at me and I knew it wasn't in the garbage. I didn't say anything, she thought about it, and gave me an honest answer about how she had swallowed it. I thanked her for telling me the truth and reminded her that gum should not be swallowed but thrown away. I gave her one of the candy's for telling the truth. She promptly ran through the house saying "I told the truth! I told the truth!" I don't reward them if they don't tell the truth the first time, or if it's something serious like hitting or biting - I definitely don't want them to get a mixed message. So far, they get it and think twice about fibbing when they could just as easily tell the truth.
Where can you find them? Unfortunately, I couldn't locate anywhere other than at the actual store to purchase the axes. I looked on the Mt. Vernon website and they do not have these listed yet. I'll keep checking back to see if they add them to their online selection. In the meantime, you can still tell the story to your children and put together a reward system involving another candy method or you can buy the cherry candies without the axe at the online Mt. Vernon store here.
From now on I will refer to Kristi as my Ribbon Angel. I received this wonderful goodmail ribbon selection from her today that blew my mind. I just haven't found an inexpensive way to buy ribbon yet, although I've searched, I've found no success yet. So, thank you Kristi for this wonderful surprise. I sincerely appreciate everyone who has sent me cards and goodmail across the border! Your support has been so helpful. Thank you to Natasha for the wonderful thank you card.
Although I didn't get my mail mailed in the states yesterday, I did get all of these goodmail packages out the door today from good ole Canada. It may take some extra days, but at least I sent them - which is a big step!
Do you find goodmail easy to put together?
What are your tips for keeping everything organized and ready to send?
Are you having a good day?
3 comments:
I can't decide if I like good mail large scale projects or little individual things that remind me of someone in particular better. That's a big stack of good mail - too bad you had to pay Canadian postage!
Good for you for getting your good mail out. I have a couple of things that have been sitting here, just begging me to get them addressed and sent off. Fortunately there are no parishables!
Your thank you is darling! What a clever idea. How sweet to send off so many packages. I hear your pain about the postage these days. It is getting to be crazy!
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