Ava sorts the mail for me every day, and is always bummed she doesn't get mail. She does sometimes, but not every day!

I'd like to do a cheapie swap with a card and a little goodie/toy. How about a $2.50 max with shipping! :rainbow: Open through Monday, will ship by Monday the 31st (Lindsey's birthday!)

Ava is 6 yrs old, loves dogs, cats, horses, easy reader books, Hello Kitty, Disney, stickers, coloring, dress up, candy, fruit snacks, gum (sugarless please), hair clips/barrettes, kid music, balloons (especially the kind you can make animals out of). Favorite colors are pink and red.

Elana is 3 mos, loves fairies, interesting things to look at or that make noise (like crinkles, bells etc), board books, teethers, headbands. Favorite color is lavender.

Partners Here - I think I did pretty good, but let me know if I missed someone!!!
***Look for your name in bold to see who your kids are sending to. Shipping Deadline is Monday July 31st!***

I tried to match up ages, the preferences people requested and also matching up people to ship to the same families if possible.
***If you are sending to more than one kid per address - be sure to include INDIVIDUAL packages/envelopes for each child, addressed to them specifically. This can be in one big package/envelope addressed either to mom or to all of the kids to save on shipping.

Tina Marie's > Barb's Three Kids and Randah's Samira
Zaasia > Tina Marie's Four Kids
Empathic Heart's Ava > Maura's Ava, Hope's Isabella, Sonya's Madeline; Elana > TydyTyke's Andrew; Zaasia's 7 yr old DD
Barb's Chelsey > Hope's Ettie; Zoey > Momof 2 boys1 girl's Samantha; Roman > SillyMommy's Ryland
MrFussyPants' Justin > Boodamama's Zack
MarchNovMama's Ben > BeanandPumpkin's Justin
SillyMommy's Ryland > Korwynne's Joshua
Korwynne's Lindsey > TydyTykes' Madison; Joshua > MarchNovMama's Ben; Leila > JeniLyn's Noah
Hope's Isabella > MamaDulce's Marisa; Drake > Harvestgirl's Griffen; Ettie > MamaDulche's Marina
Mom2AvaSteph's Ava > Mommy2maya's Maya
Randah's Samira > Korwynne's Lindsey
TydyTykes' Grady > MrFussyPants' Justin; Madison > JeniLyn's Miriam; Andrew > Korwynne's Leila
Boodamama's Zack > Wendi's Carter (Canada, LMK if this is a problem)
Harvestgirl's Griffen > TydyTyke's Grady
Copmom's Madeline > Wendi's Keira; Victoria > Wendi's Shan (Canada, LMK if this is a problem)
MamaDulce's Marisa > Momof2boys1girl's Nicholas; Marina > Momof2boys1girl's Michael
BeanandPumpkin's Justin > Zaasia's 5 yr old DS; Rebecca > Zaasia's 3 yr old DD
Wendi's Keira > EmpathicHeart's Ava; Carter > Mommytomaya's Ty; Shan > EmpathicHeart's Elana
Mommytomaya's Maya > EmpathicHeart's Ava; Ty > JeniLyn's Alex
Momof2boys1girl's Michael > Hope's Drake; Samantha > Empathicheart's Ava; Nicholas > Zaasia's 3 yr old DS
JeniLyn's Alex Copmom's Victoria; Miriam > Beanandpumpkin's Rebecca; Noah > EmpathicHeart's Elana

Whew - 48 kids is a lot to figure out! Thankfully Elana has been sleeping on daddy's chest for the last 90 mins! :lol:

all 3 of my kids would love this. Any age limit?
I could send 3 out if each of my kids got one.

Chelsey - the almost 17yo...
Anything Pirates of the Carribean or Nightmare Before Christmas
Cool nail polish, makeup, earrings, accessories
Interesting Key chains
Bags- the girl likes bags
Gift cards to just about anywhere


zoey - the almost 6 yo
Earrings (must be hypoallergenic tho)
Strawberry shortcake, my litte pony movies - chicken little too (dvd backups ok)
Stickers
We can read books
cool pads, pens etc
sunglasses

Roman - the almost 3 yo
He is the king of characters
Books, dvds (backups ok), stickers - anything buzz lightyear, shrek, spongebob or veggietales would rock his world
sunglasses would be good

All my kids need bath toys/stuff - so that'd be great too. I'm actually going to throw out the entire bath basket and start again.

No age limit...but we probably need to state ages and preferences! I'm probably going to swap with a few people myself! :)

Count Justin in, he is always asking if he got mail. He is 5 and loves cars, trucks, trains, stickers, basically anything!

Ben would love mail. His request is simple - anything with the alphabet on it. If you want to add anything else, he also likes calendars, and they dont have to be current.

This is fun!

Ryland is 3.4 and about to have a new sister. :) He is OBSESSED with the Cars movie, loves dinosaurs and trucks like most boys. He's in a 3T for most things but doesn't need any clothing. Um, stickers are always a hit and temp tattoos.

us!!

Lindsey - will be 5 on July 31st - loves fairies, princesses (not disney), polly pockets, ancient Egypt and anything pagan/goddessy. Hand me down clothes make her day too - esp. dresses, and skort outfits (she got a skort and tank set from Barb that she absolutely loves) - she'll be in a 5T this fall. Crystals, nature table items, whatever.. she loves mail :) A book about moving would be good too - she's getting a little panicky.

Joshua - 3 1/2 - both his sisters have birthdays this month and he's feeling *so* left out when the mail arrives. Had full meltdown the other day because Lindsey got a birthday card from the publix preschool club and he didn't. He loves gnomes/dwarves, elves, dragons and knights.. and right now his biggest love is pirates. got a pair of pirate jammies or a shirt your kid has outgrown? He'd be beyond thrilled. He's in a 3T but we're getting 4s and 5s go save for him as well since he's way overdue for a growthspurt. He loves nature table stuff and crystals as well, or anything pagan oriented.. his favorite color is "dark green." He just very badly needs some mail of his own this month. Oh.. he could use some guided meditation stuff.. a CD or something I can read - I can't come up with stuff on my own and he seems so much more grounded when he does it with some of my friends..

Leila - will be 1 on July 28th - anything mermaid (not Disney).. something to save for her until she's older, clothing for her to wear/grow into (she's finally starting to show signs of possibly outgrowing 3-6 month clothes sometime soon!), something you've made, whatever. She'd love board books about mermaids, and I'm wanting more cloth books for her (any sort) since she breaks the spine and rips board books right now (she loves them so much, she literally loves them to pieces!).

Oh good idea, Amy!

I have one of those, "I never get mail, hmph!"

Isabella is 6- She loves ANY art supply, stickers, candy, bath stuff, any cutesy girly thing, things for her hair, earrings, Raggedy Ann

Not sure if any older children are participating. If not, no big deal but if they are:

Drake is 7- He loves Star Wars, old monster movies, mad libs, legos, candy, gaming cards- Pokeman, Star Wars, etc, Calvin & Hobbes-loves to read, anything sci fi, homemade cd with 80s music would be good (Devo's Whip It anyone?)

Ettie is 10- She is into anything animals, make-up/bath stuff, DOLPHINS, homemade mix cd would be nice with female vocalists, she is letting her hair grow out so things to pull her hair back would be appreciated, earrings, chocolate, tea

Address labels with their name on them would be great, too!

Drake is ONE cool kid, Hope.

This sounds like a great idea. I don't have enough posts yet but when I do, if this is still open, my kids would love it. I write away for free stuff for them just so they can get some mail.

Yes, I think he is a keeper- even if he thinks he is an adult and not a 7 year old.

Hope

I'd like to do that for my Ava, too:) Anything goes:) ETA: She's 7 also.

I have 4 that would love to do this too!

ds 13yo- his birthday was just yesterday...loves little tech deck skateboard & bike type things, legos, insects, fishing, and tea, any copies of music/songs by Plum, gum (sugarfree please), fruit leather

dd 10yo- loves reading christian books on an 8th grade reading level, hello kitty, cooking, tea, any yoga or exercise dvd/videos you are done with, butterflies and birds, kids christian music mixes done by you is great

ds 6yo- chickens, loves insects/bugs, tea (no caffeine please), playfood crocheted/felted/wooden, thomas the train, stickers, would love a seahorse (like you find in the shell stores at the beach), just about anything...he is easy to please

ds 3yo- loves thomas anything, veggie tales, is into blowing bubbles lately, coloring books (nothing fighting/pokemon type please), another chicken lover here :) ,fruit leather, pretty easy to please too

any idea on the dates for this?

Samira would love this! She's 4 and a half. She love faries, horses, and rabbits. She's fascinated with mummies and volcanos. so books on those subjects would be good, she also likes Magic Treehouse and Boxcar Children books, but ask first 'cause we have tons. Please no characters. Waldorfy is always good.

Hope, its funny how they end up being keepers.

dd-7 loves ballet, stickers, ribbons, pink,
ds-5 loves lightening mcqueen, knights, pirates, cars, frogs and the color green
ds-3 loves horses, blue, cars, bugs
dd-3 loves anything yellow, tweetybird, ducks, fairies and tinkerbelle

How fun!! My kids love mail:)

Grady~6.5
Madison~4
Andrew~19 months
Anything will be fine. They'll just be happy to get mail.

Us!! Zack is 4 almost 5. He likes everything, lol.

Yes, I think he is a keeper- even if he thinks he is an adult and not a 7 year old.

Hope

he & griffen sound like two peas in a pod :lol:

griffen would love this! he is 7 & in to anything skateboard/BMX related , music/guitar, bugs, legos, and unfortunately..lol would be thrilled w/ a whoopie cushion ~ lol he still likes stickers too just bug, animal, cars, etc... starwars, discovery channel & national geographic.

( jsut signing him up as w get enough mail & well...i don't think t will care to notice ;))

Don't have the time or energy right now :( sorry

nt

My girls would like to be involved too!
Madeline - 6 - 1st grader - favorite color is orange, loves bugs, books (level C or 2 in leveled readers), butterflies, crafts, wants to learn how to sew
Victoria - 3 (going on 23) - favorite color is purple, also loves bugs, books, butterflies, birds, coloring, stickers

I'll put my girls in.

Marisa is 6. Loves pink, princesses, any of the girl disney channel characters, girlie tattoos, pretty pens/pencils, notebooks, hair doodads, things for her dolls, etc.

Marina is 17. bookmarks, notecards or paper, small cloth bag with snap approx CD size, stamps, cool hats, anything funky, artsy, or edgy. Nothing cutesy.

My kids would both LOVE to get something in the mail!

Justin is 5. He loves baseball caps, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, trucks, yo-yos. His favorite colors are green and orange.

Rebecca is 3. She loves pink, purple, red, purses, play lipstick, play nail polish, Dora the Explorer, hair things (though her hair is thin, so small things!), dress up shoes, things like that.

Gently used things are fine! :)

QUESTION: How is this going to work? I noticed that will be open until Monday. I assume that means the 24th? Then will we know who we are matched with? Or should we send choices of families we would like and can easily do?

For example, there is a family of four children I can do , Or a family of 3 and a family of 1, I could do. Do I let the organizer know my choices?


Sorry that I do not know how these work. Thanks for humouring me.

QUESTION: How is this going to work? I noticed that will be open until Monday. I assume that means the 24th? Then will we know who we are matched with? Or should we send choices of families we would like and can easily do?

For example, there is a family of four children I can do , Or a family of 3 and a family of 1, I could do. Do I let the organizer know my choices?


Sorry that I do not know how these work. Thanks for humouring me.

I will post matches on Monday evening. If you have a preference please pm me and I'll do my best. I am going to try matching ages as best I can, then gender, then random based on how many are left. :)

I'm In! My kids LOVE getting Mail & sending stuff out!

Maya- 5.5yo Loves animals of any sort, anything pink or purple, Pinky Dinky Doo is her fav right now.

Ty is 3yo. Loves to color, trucks, anything blue, dragons, pinky dinky doo.

Mainly, they'd just love to get something in the mail!

I am always hearing "do I have mail" from my guys to.


Michael is 11.5.......... likes scarey movies, hip hop, country, retro music, very into sports, he thinks he is super cool now that grandma gave him her old track phone. He loves to read mystery, science, comics, you name it he reads it.


Samantha is 6.5 she will 7 in Oct..... her fav. color is purple loves, to play soccer, do arts and crafts. She is a girly girl loves to have her purse w lip gloss and sunglasses in it just like mom.She has her ears pierced but ear rings must be hypoallergenic.She will be thrilled to get mail


Nicholas is 5.5 will be 6 in Oct....... he loves superman, spiderman, batman super hero type stuff. Loves hot rods and super bikes. He loved the movie Cars and wants to see Barnyard (as do all my kids). He also will be thrilled to get mail.



They all love gum, twizzlers, fruit snacks, mints, sour patch kids.


I will be on vacation when the ship deadline is but will mail before we leave the kids will love to come back and get mail.

We're in and I'll do 3 separate ones... :) Great idea!

Alex--3--likes balls, cars, keys (Extra real keys on a key chain, that sort of thing), key chains.

Miriam--3--likes stickers, gum, temp tattoos, "lipstick" (lip gloss/chapstick), hair things (little plastic barrettes, colorful hair bands, etc).

Noah--1--likes balls, dolls, cars, trains, pretty much anything.

:)

Jeni

Monday is the last day to sign up! I'll post partners tonight. :)

Thanks for organizing this, EH.

Y'welcome! :happy:

Sorry I had to drop out, I don't go out at all these days, I don't want to disappoint a kid by being late.

Bump w/partners in OP! Have fun!!!

Hoping everyone has seen this by now! Contact your ship to partners for their address! :)

Wanted to remind everyone not to forget to include letters, drawings or photos!!!

My little ones each made/colored a card for their recipient and chels used her stationary to write a note - didn't think to include photos tho! argh. and they went out this morning (ya, i'm obsessive. i ship fast)
oh well.
I hope their swap partners enjoy what the kids picked for them!
:)

griffen picked out a few thigns for grady & we'll ship mon. if not tomorrow :rainbow:

We did our shopping today, so we'll be shipping on Monday! :)

Our packages are ready to go! We didn't make it to the PO today though...but they will be on the way tomorrow. :)

Did anyone else have trouble sticking to the dollar limit? I wasn't able to manage prizes AND shipping for $2.50. :o Hopefully the kids enjoy the mail delivery! :happy:

Ugh I found the paintings and notes my kids did last night and of course the box was mailed already :( I just might mail them seperately today if I get out. Sorry they weren't in the original pkgs.

I'm running late, but they'll all go out in the next day or two. In the birthday whirl around here, I got messed up on the mailing date - thought it was Aug. 5th, but it turns out that's another swap I'm doing.

Sorry for the delay!

Our package went out yesterday..we forgot to enclose the note, though..photo is in there:)

We mailed yesterday. There are drawings, but no photos. Yes, shipping alone was $5 for both of them, LOL, but that's okay! The kids had fun with this. :)

Maya & Ty shipped their packages today too!

Elana, Rebecca and Victoria--
We shipped your packages today. My kids had fund with this! :)

Jeni

We shipped yesterday.
Yea with the shipping it was impossible to keep to the $2.50 limit.
I had to send to 3 seperate addys and the cheapest was $2.50 the other 2 were $4.50ish.
The kids had fun tho.
:)

tinamaries---yours went out today. I got the items this weekend but had trouble getting to the post office the past few days. Today was the day and I sent them priority so I hope they arrive by Friday for your kids to enjoy.

Also, I checked out Plumb. Wow, love the music! Never knew about them. I want to burn a CD for your son still and a music one for your daughter. I need to figure out how to do it though so I sent some other items until I figure this out, okay?

Hope your kids enjoy the package. We had a BLAST picking out the items and packing them up.

:hippy:

We received our first letter today! Miriam was so excited about it! Here's her thank you:

Madison:
Thank you for the stickers and the coloring paper. I made it (colored it) for my MeeMaw. I used the stickers on the coloring paper and on my tea set (!!!).
I like the stickers because they have hello kitty like my sunglasses.

thanks again,
Miriam

Miriam was just THRILLED to get mail--and STICKERS!!

thanks,
Jeni

We received our first letter today! Miriam was so excited about it! Here's her thank you:

Madison:
Thank you for the stickers and the coloring paper. I made it (colored it) for my MeeMaw. I used the stickers on the coloring paper and on my tea set (!!!).
I like the stickers because they have hello kitty like my sunglasses.

thanks again,
Miriam

Miriam was just THRILLED to get mail--and STICKERS!!

thanks,
Jeni


How sweet!! Madison enjoyed coloring the sheet for Miriam and I'm glad she liked the stickers :)

We received Alex's package today. He *loved* the veggie tales coloring book. He said "Mom! There's Bob the Tomato!" (except imagine that without any Ss or Ts--he can't say those letters. lol)

Alex said "I'm going to share the coloring book and the sidewalk chalk with my sister" I love that they are sharing...She shared her stickers with him yesterday. :)

Thanks!

Jeni

Barb - Ryland LOVED his package! He promptly stuck all the stickers all over himself and his cousin and has been playing with the cars and dinos! :) Thank you!

zaasia~
the kids will be so excited with whatever they get! just to get mail will be cool for them. glad you liked plum :) we just recently heard her too. i'll let you know when it arrives!

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Arrived! and the kids each were happy to get mail :)

the oldest thought the legos were cool to do, my dd is having fun w/the stickers making "library cards", the 6yo was totally thrilled w/his bugs!!, and the youngest has been coloring and taking "his" book along in the car!
thank you again!!

I sent my packages out a couple days ago, but forgot to post.

Ava just opened her package, "I got mail!!" She is so excited and thankful for the cute stampers and the markers and notebook- and the gum:)

mine will all be sent tomorrow. We thought there was a possiblity we had chicken pox a few days ago, but I think it's simply a rash as it never spread - and I didn't want to send y'all any "extras" in the way of germs.

Sorry for the delay!

Barb - Ryland LOVED his package! He promptly stuck all the stickers all over himself and his cousin and has been playing with the cars and dinos! :) Thank you!
Oh I'm so glad it was a hit! lol

We had fun making the package.

Barb

Andrew received his today:) He loves balls and birds so that was fantastic. Madison has claimed the monkey! Thanks Ava. Your picture is beautiful and is on our fridge now!!

TO EVERYONE WHO SENT US PACKAGES...THE Packages were GREAT. All arrived today and my kids absolutely LOVED them. So much in fact that they want to go out and get something to send to their new friends. :) So your kids will probably be getting a thank you note and a small gift sometime soon.

What an amazing blessing this was to our family.

More details later. IN a rush.

TO EVERYONE WHO SENT US PACKAGES...THE Packages were GREAT. All arrived today and my kids absolutely LOVED them.


So glad that the package arrived safely.I shipped from a different city and state lol since I was visiting family.
Nicholas had a blast shopping for your little guy glad he liked everything.
Kelly


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We got our packages today.We just got home last night and had a mound of mail to open!


My oldest ds (michael) is thrilled w the comic books he got and is planning on reading them today.

My dd (sammy) loves the little notepads and pen and has already filled up her little purse w goodies.Thank you zoey!!

My youngest ds(nicholas) loves the cars book and the little car guy(I forget his name but he was yelling " Look mom I got ...... and he has hydrolics and really moves" he was thrilled.Thank you everyone the kids really enjoyed the whole process from shopping to shipping to getting theres in the mail..

Kids
Empathic Heart's Ava > Maura's Ava, Hope's Isabella, Sonya's Madeline; Elana > TydyTyke's Andrew; Zaasia's 7 yr old DD
BeanandPumpkin's Justin > Zaasia's 5 yr old DS; Rebecca > Zaasia's 3 yr old DD
Momof2boys1girl's Michael > Hope's Drake; Samantha >Empathicheart's Ava; Nicholas > Zaasia's 3 yr old DS

Whew - 48 kids is a lot to figure out! Thankfully Elana has been sleeping on daddy's chest for the last 90 mins! :lol:

Okay, this is just for my notes. I want to leave y'all feedback and needed to remind myself who sent what. :lol:

Grady received his today. He loves everything and wants to send Griffen a thank you :) Thanks Nicole & Griffen!!!

oh good cassie!!! was there a car in there :lol: i think griffen added a maxbox car just before i sealed it up...lol!!!


still waiting on ours for griffen..........

Yes, there was a car:) Where did you get the crown lace kit from? Madison wants one or a similar one. Thanks!!

ours are on their way..

Thank you to Maya and Noah!!! Ava *loved* the kitty dry erase board and set right to work posting signs on the doors. ;) The picture was also very sweet!

And Noah - the board books for Elana are *perfect*! You are one handsome guy and your picture is on our fridge. :smooch:

I'm wondering if our package ever made it to Maya???

She did get it! She is writing a letter back to Ava!

She did get it! She is writing a letter back to Ava!

Oh, good! I was worried it didn't get to her and we would look like losers:)

Just checking to see if Ava got a package from Samantha and if Drake got his package from Michael yet?

my kids got their packages! thank you !!

randah - Lindsey says thank you! she loves the "magic tights" esp. :)

THANK YOU!

All the kids have received theirs and they loved them!

When we are back online (and not at the library with a time limit), I will have them all email thank yous!


Hope

Thank you to Keira and Shan for Ava's colored pencils (she needed new ones and was very impressed by her name picture) and also Elana's socks! :)

Thank you JeniLyn and MarchNovMama! The kids both received their packages, and they loved getting mail! :)

Samira loved her package! We are reading her book right now. thank you!! :)

Ava did get Sammy's package and was very excited about the stickers! She also likes the headbands, we just got her some school clothes that they match! :) Thank you muchly...she was very happy.

My girls received their packages from Hope. Thank you so much. This was fun.

:cloud9: :o :hbeat: (smilies from my little one).

Madison got her's yesterday from Lindsay :) She immediately put the puzzle together and I took apic. I'll post it later when I get it off the camera.

Leila's came back to me, so I'll be sending it off again this week. The address got smuged and they couldn't read it.

Thanks !!!

Noah received Leila's package this week. I wish I had taken pictures of him opening it...it was neat to see the play silk come out of the envelope. Noah liked Leila's drawing, too.

btw--all three of the kids have played with the silk. :D it's a big hit.

Thank you Leila!!

Madison got her's yesterday from Lindsay :) She immediately put the puzzle together and I took apic. I'll post it later when I get it off the camera.

Leila's came back to me, so I'll be sending it off again this week. The address got smuged and they couldn't read it.

Thanks !!!

I'm glad she liked it :) She got a puzzle from Ava (amy's little girl) and insisted that Madison likes my little ponies too - so we had to get one for her to match the one that Lindsey has. Not sure that Madison actually cares one way or another about my little ponies, but I thought the matching concept was adorable. I should take a picture for her of Lindsey with hers :)

Noah received Leila's package this week. I wish I had taken pictures of him opening it...it was neat to see the play silk come out of the envelope. Noah liked Leila's drawing, too.

btw--all three of the kids have played with the silk. :D it's a big hit.

Thank you Leila!!

Oh, I'm glad! We dyed it just for him - we weren't sure what colors he liked, but I thought it turned out pretty :)

Oh, I'm glad! We dyed it just for him - we weren't sure what colors he liked, but I thought it turned out pretty :)

It turned out very pretty! Thanks again!

Jeni

Ty got his package from Wendi'd Carter the other day! He says Thank you Very Much!

My girls got their packages on the same day - that was wonderful!
They loved everything! Thanks ladies!

Everyone complete with this? Nobody is missing any packages? :)

Was great fun for us - thanks for playing!

Leila's still hasn't come - but I know Cassie said she'd have to resend. :)

It's sitting under a pile of stuff to mail. I'm going tomorrow to the PO. Sorry for the delay Jodi!!

:) no problem :)

Cassie, the taggie arrived yesterday - thank you :) It was kind of funny - Josh laid claim to it because it had snowmen on it.. I kept giving it back to Leila and she'd tell me "Joh!" and go right over and give it to him. He traded her for it and gave her one of his others. :)

Lindsey colored the picture and says we have to send it back to Madison now :)

If we do this again, I'll have to sign up Grace (3) and Landon (1.5).....

Both would love this. Grace is into princesses and Landon LOVES tractors and trucks.

I've never been in a swap, but this seems SO great for the kids!!!!