To Carolyn in Aug -- Map game

I assumed that this one would need more than this basic double stroke, square lettering. But when I found that stamp, I was so pleased with it that I didn't think it needed anything else. The envelope is the last silver shimmer from the stack of orphans. Sadly - the marker I picked up for the address was getting dry - so that part wasn't the best -- and the photo does not capture how much the silver lettering changed when the envelope was tilted in the light. [I found more orphans - used them in the Sept exchange - wish I had done more of this silver Sharpie. The main reason I stay away from Sharpies is that the odor makes me a bit queasy.]

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Here is a fun game that nobody else liked, but I did. My older son was in town for a 20 year HS reunion. On the last day, he was restless and the younger son was joining us for a meal - and the conversation was going nowhere. So I gave everyone a paper and pencil and told them to write the names of all 50 states - and we'd see who could do it fastest. The boys both went to Montessori and between 3 and 6 - they were fascinated with maps of the world.

They were not eager to play my map game - but they humored me. I had fun. Three of us forgot Minnesota. Two of us forgot Nebraska. Bizarre that we would forget our neighbors. Then we checked off which states we had visited. Then we got into a big debate whether transferring planes in a state counts as actually visiting the state. We had to include a third category besides [yes] or [no]. I think we called it [layover]. 

Note to self: adult children do not like pop quizzes.