Our princess piggy has found the perfect lunchbox.

I guess with being out of school for so many years, and homeschooling her older siblings, I had forgotten just how important that perfect lunchbox is to the Kindergarten experience.

While she was courageously willing soldier off to school with her "old" lunchbox (used mostly for Bible study luncheons and trips to the zoo), the lunchbox of her dreams would be pink (but purple would be okay) and would have not just one, but all three of her favorite princesses on it.

She spotted it yesterday in Walgreen's as I juggled the baby, the sales pages and the elaborate spreadsheet my husband created to help me keep track of all the school supplies to fortify our troops. It was pink and purple. It had all three of her favorite Princesses on it. Even better, it was shaped like a purse and came with a pink and purple reusable food container.

What it was not was on sale, which at this point in the game should have been a consideration for the Queen Mum...

No dice. She had me at the first breathless, "Oh Mommy, the Princesses!...May I please have it?".

Who knew happiness came in pink and purple princess purses (say that five times fast)?


...if you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! --Matthew 7:11

Thank you Father for all of the good gifts you pour out on this child each and every day. I am humbled with gratitude at your boundless love and generosity.