john-paul’s world | Revolution of Love

And this is why I shouldn’t blog while the kids are awake. Just as I hit “post” I heard the back sliding door open. I checked to see what was going on. JP unlocked the door and ran out on the deck and Matthew followed him outside. They saw no harm in getting some fresh air. Thank God the deck is contained. (I love how Matthew is clapping his hands so proud of himself.)

Here’s a quick peek at our Halloween costumes this year.

Bella was an Angry Bird vet.

She bandaged up the birds that were hurt fighting the pigs. LOL.

Andrew the Tiger.

John-Paul the Packers fan.

Brothers

Matthew the Lion.

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

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I was going through some old photos and found this one of Andrew kissing JP when he was a baby. I think it is so sweet! 🙂

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Andrew continues as a good big brother. Here he is playing with Matthew and making him laugh.

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The other day I left Matthew on the floor in the family room to let him scoot and army crawl around. Since he just turned six months, he is slow but he has been practicing and has gotten much better over the past week. I found it funny when he crawled “for real” into the kitchen.

Although, Andrew worries about him crawling onto a hard surface so he drags him back to the middle of the room. Poor guy.

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The snack thief strikes again. Last week it was a bag of baked cheetos.

This time it was a bag of candy corn. I think I need to do a better job at hiding the treats.

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I purchased this cross from FlorLarios and I love the way it looks in my kitchen. So pretty. And a nice reminder to turn my mind to the Our Lord and Our Lady as I’m busy in mommyhood.

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I loooove this shot. It’s a rare occurrence when I can snap a photo and have more than one person smiling and happy at the same time. Which makes me happy. Yay!

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Andrew may be my oldest boy but he has the smallest frame of the fellas…as seen with his body sitting in this rather small wagon. (JP can get his rear in but his legs, not so much.)

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Brian loves the novels by Michael O’Brien and he was excited to purchase his latest book A Father’s Tale. When I saw the cover I though, “Oh, how nice….”

But then I saw how thick it was and gasped. It’s over 1,000 pages! Dang, Brian can forget about reading in bed and holding that book up. If he accidentally drops it, it’ll give him a concussion.

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The other day I watching the 1946 movie Devotion starring Olivia de Havilland and Ida Lupino. It was an interesting story about the Bronte sisters. My all time favorite book is Jane Eyre so I was intrigued. I tend to forget about the third sister Anne and wanted to read her novel Agnes Grey. I checked out the local Borders store since they were clearing out all their merchandise (RIP, dear Borders.) I found this three volume book of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey. Although I already have more than one copy of the first two books, it was too pretty (and too cheap) to pass up. It looks lovely on my bookshelf!

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Matthew has been turning over for about a month now and he just loves turning and scooting around the room. Here he is after a rather robust flip. He’s very proud and happy.

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Out of all the kids, John-Paul is the one most likely to conk out and fall asleep wherever he lands. Here is yet another episode of him doing that. This time it was the kitchen, with the iphone still playing. (He reminds me of my little brother NC who used to do that all the time. NC is a grown man now but he is JP’s godfather. I wonder if there is a connection? 😉

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The other day it was a little too quiet in the boys room so I went to go see what JP was doing. Well, he found one of my dry erase markers and decided to mark his territory. Did you know dry erase does not wipe off walls easily?? I hope one of those magic eraser things work. (And now you know why he is always so tired. Mischief making is exhausting.)