surprises from the "mailman"

the boys all collect 'yu-gi-oh!' cards and 'duel' each other.
this summer the cards served as payment to them for mowing the yards.
a couple times, they ordered them off amazon.

christopher had the idea of rewrapping the cards he didn't want for john.
he would wrap them in the original packaging, tape it together, and put them in the mailbox.
then, he would tell john that the mailman had left him something.

john john would get so excited, and run out to see what was waiting for him in the mailbox.
it absolutely made his day.
then christopher would continue to do it over and over, as it made john so happy.

after learning this sweet example from his older brother, john did the same to andrew.
one day this summer he started wrapping up cards for andrew to retrieve from the mailbox.

he was so happy and excited to do this for his older brother.

he would go and hide, wrap and tape them all up, then run and put them in the mailbox.
he couldn't wait for andrew to see what he had packed up for him.

it was so cute to see this go on over the summer on a couple different days.
they were so determined to place these surprises out in the mailbox for each other.
and so excited to receive them too!