If you can picture Ralphie opening his mailbox every day for weeks, you know the kind of anticipation and excitement that this (actually quite large and special) patch inspired in the big kid. It arrived in the mail today, with a really nice letter, even, on United States Department of the Interior letterhead. Some of the activities were simple, but some were surprisingly involved and difficult. It took her several weeks of significant effort to do, but she pushed forward, earned the patch, and made herself proud...which makes me proud, too. And if they want to essentially advertise national parks and the preservation of wild spaces and historically significant sites to my kid, by all means. We will drink that Ovaltine.