The Mysterious Disappearance of My Bamboo Coasters

I am not too sure if this set of coasters were from my mom or my own purchase. The females on the coasters are famous beauties throughout Chinese history.

For the longest time, I was left with only 5 coasters and I kept thinking to myself if they came as a set of 5 like the Japanese or was it 6 (Chinese don't like odd numbers). This went on for over 3 weeks.

Then a few days ago, I was left with only one and the rest were nowhere to be found. I searched through all her toy chests but nada.

On this somewhat normal day, Emma was playing by the fireplace with a few playing cards and she kept looking inside the grille. I was just wondering what she was looking at so I opened the grille...

And you wouldn't believe what I saw!

These were all under the fireplace: the rest of my coasters, playing cards, abc flash cards, empty gift cards and a note card we received from a friend.

Doesn't she look innocent? I wonder how they ended up in there...

Reunited at last...not for long if Emma has her way.

One of the books Auntie Kay had given to Emma.

It's a pretty cool picture book with English and Spanish words.