Catching Snowflakes

At the beginning of February my cousin made me up this flip chart thing with all the months and days on it titled "The Best of My Days".  Since then, I've been trying to think of the best things that happen in my day and record them on there so I always remember them. It's been fun. Some days I can't decide between a bunch of awesome things, and some days, it's hard to think of something.

Yesterdays moment was catching snowflakes on my tongue with Camilla.  I went visiting teaching after supper and she was a trooper considering she hadn't really napped at all. We left the apartment, walked the long hallway, took the elevator and exited. As we walked out the front doors, the streets were dimly lit with the orange glow of the street lights and snow was gently and slowly falling to the ground. Camilla took about ten steps, and I was a couple steps in front of her urging her to "run run run" and "find the car" because it was freezing cold. Instead, she stopped and looked up into the sky at the snow falling down. She let out a little giggle followed by "cheeks" as she patted her cheeks with her little mittens. The snow was falling on her face, and she was loving it! So, there we stood for a good few minutes enjoying the snow falling on our faces. She exclaimed "nose!" with a big grin. She squinted her eyes a little and said "eyes" as the snowflakes dropped into her eyes. I walked over and scooped my bundle of joy into my arms.  As we slowly walked to the car, we enjoyed the snow some more. I told her to stick her tongue out and catch snowflakes on her tongue. I'm sure we looked hilarious, walking up the sidewalk with our tongues sticking out, but it was oh so sweet. She giggled some more, and let out a good belly laugh exclaiming "tongue!" between giggles. I laughed out loud, I was having so much fun! We finally reached the car, and I set her down while I unlocked the doors. She stood there with her hands out, and her tongue, catching snowflakes. 

On the way home I thought about how glad I was that I slowed down enough to enjoy this moment with Camilla. She teaches me so much each day about finding joy in little things. She has a very special love of life and everything in it! She's a great example to me. It was such a special moment, and I never want to forget it!