So I did it - I went to Walmart and I bought the pinkest snowsuits I could find, along with hats and mits, and I packed them up into a box to send to Da Lian, in China. This is the place where Karen's daughter is from and its in the northern part of China where there is snow on the ground all ready. Am I nuts? Oh ya... look at the size of the box they fit in!



You can also see a tube of play doh in there, btw. The lady at the Post Office asked if it was rush or not. I said no, it wasn't a rush. Good thing, cause Rush would have cost $260! So to send it by boat, it cost... get this... $69 ($4.50 surcharge for gaz). A little more than I expected, but it was worth it. Greg was just glad I wasn't sending books too - the whole package weighed maybe 2 kg (thank heavens!).

My colleague from work helped to translate the letter too. I tried using BabelFish, which worked really well (thanks Karen!), but William so wanted to help, so we did it as a team thing. Here is the letter:



So, here I am driving away from the Post Office, thinking to myself that hopefully two little girls will be warm this winter and they will look cute. Then it dawns on me: don't the Chinese put there young into suits that don't have bums, so that the kids can do there stuff more easily (read, no diapers... you get the picture). Oh damn, did I just do something stupid, sending them North American snowsuits? Then the next thought: oh ya, the girls will look really cute but will they be made fun of by the kids that don't have a new suit, cause its so pink? What have I done?! At least the Play Doh isn't so bad... right?

I know my intentions were good - I just wanted to keep a couple of kids warm - but I am honestly wondering if I have done the right thing now? The Director is probably going to think I am some crazy Canuck now - I was initially going to write to the Director that I was a friend of Karen's, but then decided against it, just in case they might think I was bribing them (which I am not/was not.. just for the record). Well, I can only hope that the size 24 month suit will go to a child that has all ready passed onto the potty, but what about the 18 month suit?