................Senisim Lives...................: Two Packages in ONE Day!

My mom has definitely been an encourager by sending regular packages. She also takes the time to send me shows from the States. Whenever I know that a package is in the mail, I start counting down. When she sends a USPS flat-rate envelope, it takes about 3 weeks to get here. Most of the time, it gets to PNG in about 14 days…..then when we actually receive the package varies based on flights that go and come from PNG’s capital “city”. It is a safe bet that if the package isn’t here after three weeks, it will come by the 4^th week. So, right at 3 weeks, we went to the post office to see if the envelope had arrived. To our surprise, the flat-rate box of goodies had arrived instead. Boxes usually take MUCH longer to get here….so I was really surprised.

Then, it hit me….I was in trouble! All along, I had been telling Ben that his MeeMom was sending a package….and inside the package, he would get his little airplanes. We even went on-line and looked up a picture of these airplanes to intensify the excitement. When I saw that the box was here and not the envelope, I just KNEW he would be disappointed because the planes were not there!

But, miraculously, I misread my mom’s e-mail. Inside the box, Ben found his airplanes. He was overjoyed (and that is an understatement)!

I have to admit that I was excited, too! This box contained maternity clothes that I can wear in Australia. It is going to be HOT there….my mom went through some maternity clothes that had been given to her and hand-picked items she thought I would wear. I have to admit that having my mom pick out my clothes for a first-world country was a little nerve-wracking. (No offense, Mom!) What if I didn’t like the clothes? She would be wasting her money by sending them. But, all but one piece of clothing worked! YAY! I even got another pair of maternity jeans in the box. Just look at the space saver bags! I still can’t get over how much stuff she fit into this box!

Also in the box was a book that I had purchased. Since we will have a lot of time on our hands in Australia before our baby is born, I thought it might be fun to get a “Teach Your Child To Read” book. If he is interested, then he is interested. If not, we don’t plan to push it. But, Ben just seems so hungry to learn more….I thought, “Why not??” Already, we have started the first lesson…..slowly. It will take some time having him re-learn the alphabet but with the lowercase letters instead. But, he’s getting it….and he really likes the attention. Nothing like sitting down with mom or dad and having their undivided attention for about 10 minutes. This kid just eats up the quality time. He is going to have such a rude awakening when this new little person joins our family!