Constant Beginnings

An awesome package arrived yesterday in the mail from my parents. Yippee!! I love packages so much more living in Korea than I even did stateside. A huge appreciation. Anyway, I opened the box and left it in the kitchen. Not long after, I catch Mya (the girl who is all about fun) running over to the box, grabbing an overflowing handful of filler. Shredded paper. Um. Yeah. Bad news. I stopped her, but it didn't seem to phase her. She simply turned around and returned to the living to enjoy the rewards of her previous reaping. Yep. Snow. All. over. the. floor. She and Claire were in heaven. Me...not so much. :) On an aside...my family has been checking in daily on the status of clothing in our house, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Mya almost always, but quite often Claire as well, for the last two weeks that we have been hanging at home have preferred to run around in their undies. Sometimes with shirts, sometimes without. There. The cat is out of the bag. I ...

We had our first real snowfall on Tuesday. The girls were so excited about it because it actually accumulated to the point where we had an inch or two on the ground. We hear conflicting reports on the amount of snow that our area actually receives, so I too, was excited about this small accumulation. After our nap, I took the girls out to play. I pulled them around in the sled, threw some snowballs and we built a snowman. It was a fun little afternoon. They loved it. This was Mya's first experience with snow as she was just a wee baby last year. Living life through the eyes of a child (or two) is such a wonderful gift. If only I could box up these little moments...