"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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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

I would like to buy a nap please!

I pulled a 17hr day with toddlers on Tuesday.  And instead of maxing out the character space in my facebook status update, I figured there was much more room on here to vent about it.  Hallé woke at 7am...she was exhausted from post spring break fun and took way too long of a nap apparently with Dad to be interested in going to sleep at bedtime.  I concluded this because she passed out at 5 after midnight when she woke me to kiss me goodnight, turned off the final one light on, and went to sleep??!! 
Yup, I said " WAKE ME!" 
I didn't do the Super Nanny thing and happily passed up another mom of the year award as I came to terms with the fact that she just wasn't tired.   I turned off the lights except one, crawled myself into bed at 11:15 thinking there would be nothing fun left to do without me as an audience.
I was wrong.
I've passed along my gift of: "Everything looks better thru the lens of a camera" to Hallé I guess.
Even at midnight.  Because when I woke up I was laughing so hard at the photo session she had around the house that evening.  (yes, I was deliriously aware because she started when I was brushing my teeth and I'd roll away everytime she'd try and come take pictures of me in bed saying
"I all gone now mama, just roll over!"
The 60 some odd pictures I browsed thru this morning were so random.  I loved getting to see the things around the house she thought were "photo worthy!"  Items included:  The Rocking Moose, The Pink Barbie Jumper Ball,  her Adorable Little Toes, the Ceiling, and some self portraits!  She also washed all of her paci's with hand soap and did "homework"  she showed off this morning.... 
"I would like to buy a Nap Please! 
"The Homework and School she built herself"

(me ignoring her) ;-)


Goodnight my Claire-Bug....
I love your busy, exhausting, adorable little self to pieces!

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  1. AnonymousApril 10, 2010 at 9:13 PM

    HA HA HA HA!!! I am laughing outloud. Mostly because I just realized you were talking about Halle, and when I first started reading I thought you were talking about EDEN!!! I finally caught on when you mentioned the pretend homework. I know you typed Halle, but in my mind I was thinking Eden. That's just hillarious! Oh Sara. The places you take us with your life and it's incredible observations. You never fail to entertain me. I hope that all is well and I'll get to see you and your beautiful girls sometime in the near future! Hopefully you can get a nap in tomorrow! :)

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  2. Sheila RileyApril 10, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    Okay, so the above comment is from SHEILA RILEY. I accidentally markied it as anon. and it wouldn't let me change it. :)

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