message in a bottle?

i checked the mail this morning and found a plastic bottle filled with orange sand, a tiny umbrella(the kind you put in those fancy drinks), tiny sunglasses, and a note. at first glance into the mailbox, i thought someone was playing a trick on me and put their trash in it. but after close observation, i discovered it was a letter in a bottle to mese from his 1st grade teacher(he'll be starting first grade next monday). how cute! after some intense handiwork with the tweezers, i was able to retrieve the message, an invitation for mese to first grade-way cool. he loved it. the note is now on the fridge. the umbrella he immediately took out and played with, the sunglasses-too hard to get out. so we put the cork back in the bottle and it has now found its place on mese's dresser. he's so ready for first grade-quetion is...am i? thanks mrs. c. smith.