POLLY HEAVEN


So I wake up this morning and start tearing through the house gathering up good will stuff. One side effects of PMS for me is feeling like the house is closing in on me... I think it might be a feeling somewhat based in reality. I get the girls involved and they both do a pretty good job filling up a bag for Goodwill.

Then, around 10:30 my friend calls. Her daughter Kendra, Emma's good friend, has purged her room of toys. She had 3 HUGE bags full of toys and clothes for Madeline! I don't know whether to celebrate or cry.

I like miniature toys... miniature horses and miniature stables, tiny polly pockets, beany babies instead of full sized stuffed animals... This love came from living in small houses when Emma was little.

One of the bags that Kendra passed to Madeline was FULL of polly pockets. I couldn't possibly turn it down. Madeline is pretty much overcome with joy. My living room is emitting pink from all of the polly gear.

I'm going to celebrate with Madeline. And, hopefully gather up a few more bags for Goodwill so that the house can be a little less full tonight than it was this morning. Here I go....