- Oh, I love the mail!

There's something so special about getting a card or a letter addressed to you and delivered right to your mailbox.

Ha, I've been sending pictures and letters to my family and friends, and they've been sending me stuff back!

(laughing) Moby sent me a postcard when he was out on a trip, had a picture of a dinosaur on it.

Oh, Siblee mailed me a list of some favorite jokes!

And now, we have a special delivery for you.

A show about mail!

(upbeat music) ♪ Wimee creates all the day through, ♪ ♪ And you can do it, too.

♪ Think of words and of rhymes, ♪ ♪ And make Wimages, please do.

♪ Ah, do, do, bop, bop, do, oh.

♪ ♪ Ah, do, dot, da, oh, ba, do.

It's time for Wimee's Words.

(applause) - Ba, dup, ba, ha, ha Hi friends!

I'm glad you're here.

Oh man, we've got lots of fun friends on the show today!

I'm gonna start asking some questions.

Hey, Jim, got a question for ya.

- Okay.

- What is one of the best things you've ever received in the mail?

- Well, you know I have ordered guitars online before and then of course they have to send them to you.

And it's really kinda hard to beat getting a box with a guitar in the mail delivered to you.

So, I'd have to say probably a guitar.

- That makes perfect sense!

Whoa ho man, I love it Jim.

Do you, any favorite color, that was like the most exciting one to open up when you opened the box?

- Um, no, it's, again it's kinda hard to not have one and you know I have many colors.

So, any time you get a new addition, you go, "Ah, that's a color I don't have."

It's a good day.

(laughter) - Ah, love it!

Thanks Jim!

See you later on the show.

Same question for Cailynn!

What's the best thing, or one of the best things you've received in the mail?

- One of the best things that I've received in the mail is a giant stuffed shark.

- Whoa!

How big is giant?

Like, like?

- I can go show it to you.

- (gasp) Oh that'd be so cool.

Oh man, I'm gonna anticipate.

I'm gonna think it's 2 foot, no maybe one, two, three?

Whoa!

That is giant.

Is that as tall as you if you stood it from tail to top?

- It used to be, but now I'm just a (laughter) - That's true.

That's a good point.

It used to be, but you're growing and now the shark is, eventually, the shark's gonna feel a lot smaller than when you first remembered.

(laughter) Cailynn, thanks for sharing that.

That's so cool.

Ah man.

Wow.

Hey, I'm gonna ask Story, same question.

Story!

- Hi!

- What's something exciting you've got in the mail?

- I once got a postcard from my best friend.

- Aw.

That is exciting!

And, and then you were like, did you send a postcard back?

- I did!

(laughter) - So postcards are fun, it's like, they're kinda like a work of art in their own way.

- Yeah.

- Well, thanks Story.

We'll see you later on the show.

Ha.

Friends, we need some help for the opening song.

Could you share, uh, the, uh.

Oh, hi Joe.

Hi friends.

Ha ha.

So much good stuff.

(laughter) Story!

I love it!

We got friends.

We got ideas.

Oh man.

Share with me something that you can get in the mail, anything at all.

We've been asking friends some of the most exciting things in the mail, but just anything at all.

Let's start with postcard that Story just shared.

Here we go, ready?

♪ Down in the mailbox, early in the morning ♪ ♪ I received a postcard in the mail ♪ ♪ I wrote a note back so I could say thank you.

♪ ♪ Put on a stamp, First-Class mail.

♪ Ha ha.

Man that's fun, that's fun.

Let's go back to Cailynn.

Cailynn, what's an example of something, anything at all that could arrive in the mail.

- Um, probably a shark.

- Oh, I love it.

Getting some books in the mail.

Here we go.

♪ Down in the mailbox, early in the morning.

♪ ♪ I received a book in the mail.

♪ ♪ I wrote a note back so I could say thank you.

♪ ♪ Put a stamp on, First-Class mail.

♪ Ha ha.

Oh, gifts!

Exactly, I was just saying maybe somebody mails the book as a gift!

Let's sing it.

♪ Down in the mailbox, early in the morning ♪ ♪ I received a gift in the mail ♪ ♪ I wrote a note back so I could say thank you.

♪ ♪ Put a stamp on, First-Class mail.

♪ Ha oh, so fun.

Friends, thanks for singing and helping out with these ideas.

Let's go find out what Moby is gonna say today.

(upbeat funk music) (exclaims) - I was just at the post office buying stamps so I could send letters to my friends and family.

Did you know that right now you can send a letter anywhere in the United States for just 58 cents?

Yeah!

And you can send a letter to just about anywhere in the world for only $1.30.

What a deal!

Walking to the mailbox is a lot easier than flying all over the world.

Yeah.

Did you ever get a letter or a package delivered to you in the mail?

Do you have someone that you would like to send a letter to?

Ho ho, I'm gonna start working on a letter to my friend Kevin.

(upbeat funk music) - Ho ha, thanks Moby!

Friends, it's time for today's "One, Two, Three Sentence Story!"

Let's write a story friends in three sentences.

In the first sentence we set the scene.

In the second sentence there is a problem.

(weeping) But do not fret.

In the third sentence there is a solution.

Ah ha.

Let's get rolling.

Share with us a person, place, or thing.

Hmm, I'm gonna go to my friend, Story for the first word.

Story, what first word, any word at all, should I use to start the story?

- Orange.

- Whoa ho ah, orange.

Got it.

Thanks Story.

All right, Orange.

Here we go.

(clears throat) I was making a fruit salad for lunch and I was chopping up the orange as I looked for the rest of the fruit.

Ho ha.

That's kind of a long sentence.

I might want to revise that a bit, but I like it.

I'm revising and my mind is a go, but it's all about making a fruit salad.

I'm slicing up the oranges.

Ah ha.

Ooh.

Maybe I mail the recipe to somebody.

Ha ha.

Love it.

Okay.

Friends, share with us what is another possibility?

A person, place, or thing?

There's gonna be a problem.

No.

Cailynn, I'm gonna go to you.

What word, any word at all, are you thinking of that could inspire the problem?

- Um, probably a shark.

- Oh a shark, ah ha ha.

Just like the cool shark you got in the mail.

Okay, here we go.

(clears throat) I was cutting up oranges as I was working on making some fruit salad for lunch.

The door bell rang and a shark had been delivered and began to eat all of the oranges.

No!

(laughter) A toy shark, a stuffed animal shark, started to eat all of the oranges.

No!

Who sent this shark?

I gotta check the card later.

I'll send a thank you note.

Unless, the shark does eat all my lunch.

Then it's kind of a different scenario there.

But, how do we solve the problem?

The problem is not enough, uh not enough stuff for lunch.

The shark, ooh, a lion.

Addie, thanks for the idea.

Lion.

Okay.

Ooh ooh.

I got the solution.

Here we go.

(clears throat) I was chopping up oranges, making some fruit salad, as I was making my lunch.

The doorbell rang and a shark was delivered and suddenly it started to eat all of the oranges.

Fortunately, I had a lion delivered last week and the lion immediately started cutting up bananas to make up for the lost oranges.

(laughter) A stuffed shark.

A toy lion.

Oh man.

The lunch day saga.

What do we call this story?

Uh, lunch, I'll keep working on it.

Friends, thanks for the ideas.

Ooh, Wimage board, great work.

We'll check back with you later to see what else you might add to the illustration.

Ah ha.

Good stuff friends.

Well as you know our word of the day is mail.

Let's find out how to say mail in some variety of languages.

(playful music) - In Spanish, mail is correo.

Correo.

- In French, mail is courrier.

Courrier.

- In American Sign Language, mail is signed, mail.

Mail.

- In Swahili, mail is posta.

Posta.

- In German, mail is Post.

Post.

- Mail in Haitian Creole is mail.

Mail.

(playful music) - Ba, bum, bum, pa, bum, pa, dum, bum.

I love learning more things.

Ha ah.

Well friends, you know what time it is?

It is, wait for it, wait for it.

It's Jim Time.

(playful rock music) Ha ha.

- Hi Wimee!

Hi friends!

How's everybody doing today?

- Ah man, I gotta keep working on my letters.

I'll get them sent out later.

- All right that's good.

I need, and I need people, speaking of letters, I need people to send some ideas of something that won't fit in an envelope.

I've got a song that I need your help with today.

So, I need something that won't fit in an envelope.

Wimee, why don't you start us off?

What is something, it can be anything, anything at all, that won't fit in an envelope?

- A fence.

- A fence.

All right.

I like it.

- Yeah.

- A fence.

All right.

Awesome.

I'm gonna ask Cailynn for an idea too.

Cailynn, I need something that won't fit in an envelope.

Ooh and I got tree up there too.

Tree, good.

- A balloon.

A blown up balloon.

- A balloon.

All right.

I like it.

- Whoa.

That balloon is gigantic.

- I know it's almost as big as the shark.

Is it the shark's balloon?

- Yes.

(laughter) - Okay.

- Nice.

- Thanks Cailynn.

All right.

Me.

All right.

Joe.

I'm gonna say Joe.

(laughter) - All right.

That'll work.

- Yeah.

That's funny.

- All right.

Something that won't fit in an envelope.

Story how about we come to you for an idea too.

- Yeah.

- What do you think Story?

Something, anything, that won't fit in an envelope?

- How about a mountain?

- A mountain.

- Ah.

That definitely won't fit.

- Won't fit.

- In an envelope.

All right.

Good one.

Oh an elephant.

- Elephant.

- Somebody else is thinking really big here too.

All right.

Thanks Story.

All right.

An elephant.

All right.

I think we just need one more.

All right.

We've got a fence, a tree, a balloon, Joe, a mountain, an elephant, and one more thing that will not, it won't, fit in an envelope.

- Hmm.

I've been, how about um, oh it depends on the book.

Some books might, but what if it's a really.

No that could go either way.

A big envelope could fit a book right?

(gasp) - Cloud.

- A cloud.

- Fascinating.

- I like that.

No a cloud is an awesome idea.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

- No it's good.

- Wouldn't a cloud evaporate into moisture though?

- I don't know.

Try to stick a cloud in an envelope and get back to me.

Let me know how that works out for you (indistinct).

- Yeah good.

Good point.

Good point.

- Okay.

(guitar strumming) All right, here we go.

I think we've got it now.

Are you ready?

- Yeah.

- ♪ I was going to send you a fence ♪ ♪ To go along with this card ♪ I was gonna send you a tree ♪ But I haven't had any luck so far ♪ ♪ I was going to send you a balloon ♪ ♪ And no this is not a joke ♪ I was going to send you Joe ♪ But he wouldn't fit in the envelope ♪ ♪ I was going to send you a mountain ♪ ♪ To show you how much I care ♪ I was going to send you an elephant ♪ ♪ But I couldn't fit all that stuff in there ♪ ♪ Instead I took a picture ♪ Of all these things for you ♪ So you can see the joy they bring me ♪ ♪ And all the joy they'd bring for you ♪ ♪ I was going to send you a cloud ♪ ♪ And someday soon I hope I will ♪ ♪ I'll be able to send you all those things ♪ ♪ If I find the right envelope still ♪ There you go!

- That's awesome!

- And a bear!

- A bear!

- I'd also put a bear in the envelope.

And a lamp.

If I just had the room.

Or a cow.

- I have an idea Jim.

- Yeah?

- A box?

- Hmm, but still, yeah, I guess a box.

I didn't think of that.

(laughter) - But no, but you start, it's, - If I have a big enough box, you're right.

I could get all those things in a box.

I was trying to get them all in an envelope.

And I guess there was my problem.

So I say I took a picture, thinking like oh, just put the picture in the envelope.

But you're right, a box probably would've worked better.

- But at the same.

- I'm gonna have to go back and rework the whole song now.

- No, no, no, no.

- No, you got me thinking.

- No, no, no.

I didn't mean that.

I just was thinking.

You know if it.

But sometimes you can, you just have to work within the parameters.

- No you're right.

- What you got.

- It's one of those things where it's just like, well yeah.

Why am I trying to stick these things in an envelope?

You're right Wimee.

I'm gonna go back to the drawing board.

We'll see.

- It would need, but I don't know if they make boxes big enough for mountains and clouds and bears and fences.

- I'll try and I'll get back to you.

I'll let you know how it works out.

- Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Thanks Jim.

- Bye.

- That was a beautiful song.

I was emotionally really connected to that and really feeling sad that you couldn't mail those, but the picture, I think that's a great idea.

The picture, yeah.

Well, hey friends!

It's time for today's "Laughing with Siblee".

(cheering) (bell dings) - What has more letters than the alphabet?

- I don't know.

What does have more letters than the alphabet?

- The post office!

(laughter) (cheering) (bell dings) (laughter) - Fun.

Hey friends take a deep breath.

Breathe in.

(inhaling) Hold it.

Let it out.

(exhaling) It's time for today's "Slowing Down".

(soft guitar music) I wonder what was in that box?

It was a little box.

Maybe it was a small bear?

Or a small mountain?

Or a small, or a cloud?

Then it might have been soggy cause I think the cloud would have evaporated into the box, but.

Hey friends, we love books!

It's time for today's, "Check Out This Book".

(upbeat music) - Hi.

Good to see all you readers out there.

How are you today?

I have a great book to share with you.

It's called, "The Lost Package A Lot Can Happen Between the Post Office and the Destination".

This book was written by Richard Ho and illustrated by Jessica Lanan.

And brought to us by Roaring Books Press.

This is such a cool book.

You know how we take a piece of mail or a package and we send it, and we don't really know what happens to it after.

We don't get to see it until it arrives at its destination, right?

Well, in this book, we get to follow the package from it being packaged and carefully sealed up and taken to the post office.

We get to see all the steps of it being delivered and what happens as it moves through the post office.

But, as the title tells us, "The Lost Package".

I love this book.

And you'll think a little bit differently the next time you go to mail something.

Happy reading friends!

(upbeat music) - Ah ha.

I love it.

Well hey friends!

It is time to play a game.

Play along with us.

It's time for, "The Alphabet Game".

("The Alphabet Song") (cheering) Ha ha!

Ready friends?

We are gonna toss up the letters.

(boing) (galaxy space sounds) (horn) Aww.

There they are.

Okay, here we go.

Let's get rolling.

B, ball.

Jim, you're next.

- E, envelope.

- Ooh envelope.

Cailynn.

- G, garage.

- K, uh, king.

- Whoa ho, king.

- Nice.

- M for maybe.

- R for ready.

- Ready!

- T for tired.

(chuckles) - And Y for yesterday.

- Ha ha oh that's so fun.

Okay let's go speed round.

Ready for speed round?

We've never done speed round.

Let's go as fast as we can.

(upbeat bouncy music) B for basketball.

- E for energy.

- G for good.

- K for kick.

- M for mouse.

- R for race.

- Wait, wait, wait.

Story, K for cake?

That's awesome.

(chuckles) - No, kick, kick.

- Kick.

- Kick.

- Like ya!

(laughter) - It's a kick or a Kit Kat cake.

(chuckles) - Okay, okay.

I'm sorry.

Speed round.

M. I said M for mouse.

Jim.

- R for rice.

- T for tiger.

- Y for yellow.

- Yellow!

(cheering) We did it!

(bell dinging) - That was so fun.

Great job friends.

Hoo.

Ha ha.

Man it's so fun playing this game.

Hoo.

Play that anytime at home friends.

Ooh B. Yeah we had B in there.

B for um, B for bee.

(laughter) That's fun to say.

B for bee.

(buzzing) Okay, okay, okay.

I'll stay focused.

It's time for a special film that has been produced by our very own Brody!

(upbeat music) (boos) (upbeat music) (shoes clomping) (cheering) (applause) (chuckling) That was so cool.

As I mentioned, it was by our very own Brody!

And Brody's with us right now.

Hey Brody!

- Hey Wimee.

- That was so cool.

What inspired your film?

- Well, I watched some movies that were in black and white.

So, I was thinking, like mail.

So, my mom and my brother were the actors.

So, we turned it into an old-timey film.

Where there's little speech bubbles and.

- Yeah.

- It's black and white.

- That's so cool.

So years ago, right?

A long time ago that's how movies were.

Is that you would see stuff and you would read the information.

And so how did you decide what to write and what to show and kind of the balance between what we saw and what we read?

- Well, I was just sitting down with my mom and brother and we were just brainstorming stuff.

- I think it's so fun!

It was so cool.

Well, great job.

It turned out so great.

Thanks Brody!

- Thank you.

- Will you stick around and play find it fast with us later?

- Sure.

- Ha ha.

All right, perfect.

Okay so friends, we are gonna check back on the Wimage board right now, and see if there's any updates to what was happening earlier.

Oh my goodness, I see the fruit.

I see the shark.

Oh look at there's a big delivery of mail (imitating truck horn) Going in to the big city.

Oh man and the letter.

Oh ooh I hope that letter didn't get lost like the lost package.

Oh, but then the dog might find it and help return it to the owner.

(laughter) Good stuff.

Great job Wimage board.

I love it.

Well hey friends.

It is time to play, "Find it Fast".

(rock music) (zooming race car sound) Today, we need to find something that starts with M. We need to find something made of paper.

We need to find something with letters on it.

(cheerful music) Go find it fast!

Hm, what starts with M?

Mmmmmm Money!

(chuckles) That'd be fun to find some money.

Wait a minute.

Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.

I can't believe it.

I just.

- That's exactly what I did.

I got money.

It starts with M. It's made of paper and it's got letters on it.

- Oh my goodness.

I wasn't even.

- You got it.

(ding ding) - We think alike.

That was great.

Oh man that's so fun.

(chuckles) All right, let's see.

Story, what have you found?

- Well, I had a mouse, but I ate it.

(gasp) So that was my M, but I made this hat out of paper and there's a big M on it, which is a letter.

- It's got letters!

That's perfect!

Great hat.

It looks nice on you.

- Thank you.

(chuckles) - Oh Cailynn, what have you found?

- So, originally I was gonna do paper mache cause it has all three, but the one that I have is still kind of wet.

So, I have a marker here and I have a paper with words on it.

- Nice!

That's perfect!

Marker starts with M. The paper, whoo!

Brody, what have you found?

- I found a sticky note, which is paper.

- Okay.

- There's words on it and there's a little monster, which starts with M. - It starts with M. Oh man.

Have you done something to challenge your brain today?

That's what the note said.

Okay good.

Good job.

(laughter) That's so cool.

That's so cool.

It's a great idea to leave notes for people with challenges, with ideas.

Man, great stuff.

Well friends, it's been such a fun show!

I just love hanging out, learning, creating, singing.

You guys are awesome.

Thanks for being here.

Let's get to our dance party!

(dance music) Looking good Story!

Cailynn, Brody, great job!

Whoa ho.

Creativity just flows out you all.

Oh man.

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(cheerful music)