little letterboxer

Our oldest son (who just turned six) has always been interested in letterboxing. The part that interests him is always shifting - sometimes it's following the clue, sometimes retrieving the box, sometimes seeing the stamp, and often investigating the logbook to look for familiar trailnames and signature stamps. Recently he really wanted to try his hand at carving and so he free handed some drawings on some pink stuff and worked on carving them. I can't guarantee that finders will be able to identify what the carvings are, but his interest enthusiasm brought a smile to my face! I helped him with the logbook and he wrote the name of the letterbox and a description of the multiple stamps. He then wanted to go right out and hide it, even though it was almost dark. He was so cute and his eagerness was infectious. He decided on the location and even came up with the clues. The letterbox is called, A Few of My Favorite Things. We asked him if he wanted to come up with his own trail name (we've always just used a family trail name for everything we've done so far). He was so cute - he asked "does mom have her own trail name? does dad have his own?" When we told him we didn't have our own, he said, "well then I want to use the family one too."