Super Saturday: Blanket Fort

Today was a low-key, hang out at home family day.  The boys never even made it out of their PJs!  (Although that happens more often than I'm comfortable admitting!)

Before naps, we decide that the day was perfect for a blanket fort in the living room.  Something simple but super fun!  The boys loved it.  I wasn't sure if Ben would like it.  We have one of those expandable tunnels for the boys to crawl through and Ben is completely terrified of it.  I thought the blanket fort might scare him too, but he loved it!  He was all grins and smiles.  He's smiling much more now and becoming more comfortable and SILLY.  So funny!

A few pics of our "Super Saturday" fun.  Enjoy!

Moms on a Mission

At the beginning of March, my friend and fellow Korea adoptive mom, Amy, asked if we would join her in making donations of Rice Cereal and Desitin ointment to send the Holt International in Seoul.  (Holt is the agency in Korea that helped us bring Noah and Ben home.)  I thought, sure - we can pick up a couple boxes of cereal and a few tubes to send over.  We shared what we were doing with other "Korea Moms" that we know and BOOM!  Talk about a snowball effect!  We had an overwhelming and wonderful response from family and friends.  Last night all of the Korea Moms came together not only to compile and box up the donations, but to connect, share stories, and make new friends.  What an awesome night.  We had so much fun, I can't even describe it.  By my count there were 13 moms there - all in different phases of the process.  How lucky we are to be able to share this fellowship of adopting to expand our families.  It creates a special bond.  We came together and shared stories, pictures, plans, challenges, advice, and good times.  It was a perfect GNO (Girls' Night Out!)

Here are a few shots of the moms and our mountain of donations.  

It warms my heart to think of all the sweet Korean babies who will be helped by our efforts.

Korea moms!!!! 

So happy to meet, know, and learn from each of you!

 

 

To all my family and friends who donated, THANK YOU!  I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.  I hope to pay your kindness forward many times over.

A special project, a special bond, a special night.  THANKS, LADIES!!!!  And thank you Amy for getting this started.  She is such an awesome mom and I am proud to call her my friend.