"BUT MARY TREASURED UP ALL THESE THINGS AND PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART." LUKE 2:19

~ things i love with a capital P ~

PERSPECTIVE, pottery barn patio furniture displays, practically all track jackets, putting my hope in Christ alone, photography, pistachio nuts, parenting as a privilege, pairs of cute sunglasses, painful times deepening friendships, pink bubblegum ice cream (by the pint), perseverance, practical jokes, people, people i can trust, plumeria flowers, pearl earrings that were my grandma's, pantene smooth vitality conditioner, plopping clutter into the trash, pigtails all messed up after naptime on my girls, purel hand sanitizer, painting walls with color, pouring into people's lives, plush blankets, prioritizing, polished nails, pharmacies with 24hr drive-thrus, places where palm trees survive winter, packing away my 2009 "calendar", pacific northwest mountains & rivers, pie plates with fluted edges, purpose, puppies named bronson, preferring the word pacing vs. procrastinating, people who love to say i'm sorry more than they love to hear it, pocket-sized butterfingers, phone calls with special friends, piano music, patterned scarves, practicing not to presume things, planting flowers in pots, passion, penne pasta, panda bears reminding me of my love for HK & japan, pillows that are just right, praise & worship freeing people of pride & insecurities, paying for starbucks coffee with gift cards, putting on my running shoes, pomegranate mixed drinks, putting off dishes till company leaves, purses filled with lipgloss, people who can be vulnerable, parties for every occasion, politeness, plane rides to far away places, popcorn that's air-popped, paul marrying stephanie, pedicures, peaceful homes, price tags with a clearance sticker on them, pre-recorded tv watching, poverty prompting compassion, pieces of angel food cake & strawberries for breakfast, peeking in on my girls while they sleep, products from bath-n-body works, packs of trident spearmint gum, people who can laugh & be witty when life gets hard, paper plates in bulk, papa murphys garlic spinach chicken artichoke de-lite pizza, pretending my girls and i wrote 'put your arms around me' by natasha bedingfield for each other & singing/dancing to it each night after work to remind me to put grace & humor in EVERYTHING (towards myself & them) or it will feel like a really long work week, a very short life, and an inevitable amount of colorful language exposure that i couldn't possibly blame all on the playground...............

we're. crazy. about. these. songs.


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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Remainder of our month of March Maddness ...(3/18 - 3/31)

The Tooth Fairy should not be caught off guard anymore when a tooth falls out moments before bedtime and she needs to present "magical" as Eden would say. Apparently I overdid it the first couple times and so one night when she lost a tooth right before bed, I just stashed some cash under her pillow.(It was a $10 by way because it's all I had!) Her response: "That's ok mommy if the Tooth Fairy couldn't make magic this time and didn't have enough money. She only gave me "one money" instead of lot's and lot's like the other times (as in: pile of glittered coins) so maybe I'm loosing so many teeth that she can only do it every other time?!?"
"Yup, that's it Eden!"
So here is the late night magic complete with glitter:

The Tooth Fairy has visited Eden's Bedroom 5 times in the last 10 months....


And has learned that coins work in gumball machines and are more valuable than cash to kids! Sweet!

Eden and her toothless grill sleeping and waiting for the Tooth Fairy

Hallé and her cute little self awaiting the Tooth Fairy...

She has us check and look at her "Loose Teef" all the time! The night before that she'd snuck a orange marker to bed. Can you see the remains all over her bed?

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This is Eden so happy that she's getting to be creative with a bunch of permanent paints and a big box (DURING Hallé's naptime)....it turned out really cute and they use it tons now (forget expensive Christmas presents) when they're setting up their dollhouse or out in the back yard to play forts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Eden 's favorite baking pick "No - Bake Cookies!!!"

Hallé likes how it tastes too...


Sorry, I had to photograph
"The girls getting comfortable in the kitchen!"

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"Eden Going Green"

I love this memory so much. It was windy here (surprise!?!) and Eden's kite from last year had broken so she "improvised" and made her own that was cuter than a store bought I though! Twig + Floss + WalMart Plastic Bag + Birthday Streamers + (on other side) a drawing she had colored of she and Hallé to decorate it! Later we added a second bag and had pretty good success. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm 31!
Some people love me and get me angel food cake
(Mom & Dad) and delicious Fruit Tart Birthday cakes (Jonni!)....others (Amanda!) got me this little circle of Lard like Love. 53 Grams of Fat in this cake some could sit down and eat in one serving. Bob (Biggest Loser) would die!
I did have some, but threw away!
Other people get me a "Boobie"
...prize that is from Bunco night on my Birthday...my score was so horrible they thought I hadn't finished my score card!
Here's my Loot:

Here is a little bit more "recycling" for you.
My grandpa and I have shared a Birthday cake for many a years. Very Special to me. This year he showed us all how if you're very lucky and turn 79 like he was then you can warm your cold hands over your Birthday cake candles someday!

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Just showing off their cuddly side and their new matching Hannah Montana (Hannah Mow-Bow" as Hallé calls her) slippers from Wal Mart. I heart $2.00 price tags!

Mommy's Little Green Eyed Beauty
(Eden-Age 6)

Mommy's Little Blue Eyed Beauty
(Hallé-Age 2 1/2)

1 comment:

  1. Sarah, your girls are so adorable! I love the painting on a box idea- our kids could play for hours and hours with something like that! I may have to try it with Riley!

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