A Delicate Balance

When Appa is a pushover and believes you when you say you HAVE to have this cap. I don’t know if I’ll be more horrified if she actually wears it, or if she doesn’t wear it at all and it ends up lost in her pile of stuff! In the words of JKA, “You do you. YOU. DO. YOU.” 🙄 #Fourtastic

I like turning back the covers at night and seeing the gifts S leaves for me during the day. #Fourtastic

Who’s this hottie bringing the Word of God? #HeCriedOutAllTheMore #RisenKingChurch

10a worship led by these powerhouse women, and their amazing vocals? HECK, YES. #RisenKing #DoItAgain

Happy to have spent a miraculously dry and mildly breezy evening with friends + family, kimbap lovingly rolled by my mom, fireworks directly over our heads, and a 4yo who fell asleep during the fireworks finale. 😐 #Fourtastic #Caramoor

Happy to have spent a miraculously dry and mildly breezy evening with friends + family, kimbab lovingly rolled by my mom, fireworks directly over our heads, and a 4yo who fell asleep during the fireworks finale. 😐

DON’T LEAVE THE GAME EARLY: the place of your greatest disappointment could be the place where Jesus wants to show His greatest victory! (Um, you’re gonna want to check out the recorded Livestream of this one on RisenKing.Life....) #RisenKing #LisaPlunket #PreachSista

Poolside vibes while Appa’s workin’ hard for his money.... #Fourtastic

Parenting Rite of Passage: The First Ballet “Recital.”** ++ One thing I really respect about my kid is that when she discovers something she’s really into, she goes IN with LASER FOCUS. Planets. Peppa Pig. The board game Trouble. And ballet. We were so proud to watch her show off all that she’s learned. And OBVIOUSLY, she was mad cute doing it. ** Because at the end of the day, it’s really a bunch of 3-5yos run amok, waving at their parents in the audience, bouncing into each other, and only occasionally plié-ing as instructed. ++ You shoulda seen the tap class. #Fourtastic

This was tonight’s Bible story. How to explain to my 4yo why I needed a moment before continuing...

7.30a weekly conference about our high-risk babies. I understand about .34% of what the doctors and fellows are saying. I see 0% of what they are pointing out in the ultrasounds. Also, they all talk really fast. #SoEarly

Father’s Day takes on new meaning this year. For the past 9 months (and for the foreseeable future), D has been S’s primary caretaker, working part-time and spending 3 days a week at home with her. He has been the parent with her at school drop-offs, doctor’s appointments, PT/OT sessions, ballet practices and swim lessons. He has also been her companion at the park, the library, the museum, the zoo, the mall, and of course, Tar-Jay. He is her book-reader, her toy-builder, her Trouble-competitor, her alphabet-teacher, her playdoh-creator and her wardrobe-manager. This means that for the past 9 months (and the foreseeable future too), S has benefitted wildly and immeasurably from having a father in her daily life who thinks she can do and be anything, who thinks she is the most beautiful and smartest girl in the world, who cheers for her at every turn, who disciplines her because he cares for the development of her character, who is so insanely proud of her that he takes the same photos of her at ballet practice week after week, who is Tiger Dad enough to make her stretch her brain but Fun Dad enough to haul her into the city “just because,” who doesn’t consider her too young to understand the doctrine of grace, and who thinks she is the best company ever. These are formative years, and S is being formed so well. She has the best dad ever. Happy Father’s Day, Danny.

Empower leadership team retreat. #SufferingForTheLord

At 9.59a, four years ago, the doctor pulled you out of my belly and you promptly pooped in her hand. And now, your favorite planet is - aptly so - “Poopiter,” and you’re four years old, filled with joy and sass and smarts and curiosity and groovy dance moves. Happy birthday, Smoosh. We love and cherish you, and thank God for you daily. #Fourtastic

S’s first last day of school!!! A lot has happened in five months. I am crying all the tears. #Threeriffic

Her first-ever ballet recital costume. Stick a fork in me, I’m done. #Dead #Threeriffic