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~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

I am a day late posting this but it was an insane day yesterday and I never had time to post this. Better late than never. 🙂

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Bella got a haircut the other day and we took off about 3 inches. She looks so much older to me! How did my baby girl get so grown up?? I swear she look just like my little sister JC! (And JC is still my little sister even though she is in her 20’s now. 😉

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Matthew is most happy when he gets to explore something new. I was cleaning out the fridge and when he saw the door open he ran over. You can’t see it from this angle but he has a huge smile on his face.

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“Uh, oh. Did someone catch me in the act?”

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“But, mom, I was just looking for a snack!”

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I think it is funny that these pair of pajamas have lasted long enough to survive all three boys and their mischief.

Here Andrew is wearing them while he crushed up animal crackers to make a rocky terrain for Wall-E.

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Here John-Paul is wearing them while “helping” me with the dishes.

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This is what happens when your washing machine overflows and it floods the laundry room and the carpet outside the door. Water damage. Ugh!

I hope you enjoyed my week in photos.

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

Thanks to our complimentary stay at Pebble Beach last weekend, I have lots of photos to show! It’s a little out of order so the story makes more sense.

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The view from our balcony.

At sunset the Bagpiper plays his tunes to mark the end of the day.

The “Lone Cypress Tree” on 17 Mile Drive.

The beach along 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach.

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My happiness was seeing the ones I love the most having a good time.

Brian and Matthew

Matthew

John-Paul and Andrew

Bella

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Maybe this should have been in the funny category but we were excited to be treated to such delicious food! On Friday, after dinner at the Italian restaurant Peppoli’s we were too full for dessert. However, we were hungry later that night so we ordered their room service dessert special. It was chocolate raspberry cake/soufflé with a raspberry center, a dish of raspberry sorbet with vanilla ice cream on top and hot chocolate fudge to drizzle over it all. Ohmygosh, it tasted so good!

If that wasn’t enough, in the morning they brought us room service breakfast. It’s a good thing we had a lot of walking planned to work off our meals!

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We are truly blessed to have this once a year mini-vacation but Brian always dreads me coming back home afterwards. It takes him a few days to reprogram me to let go of all the pampering, special treatment and being able to use the bathroom uninterrupted. I have to get back into the mode of stinky diapers, sticky hands, dirty dishes and piles of dirty laundry.
He says I’m like Lucy after she comes back from the home show…

After seeing all that luxury her own house makes her say, “Yesh!” LOL! (If you don’t remember the episode, you can watch it here.)

Well, I’m happy to report that I’m back to myself again and ready for the next mini-disaster to photograph for next week. 😉

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

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The other day I ordered these heart notecards from my friend Caroline at her etsy shop peaseblossom studio. I thought they would be cute for Valentines Day. I was happy when they arrived in the mail in this pretty package.

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If you recall, two weeks ago I shared about Andrew’s current obsession with Spiderman. On the weekend he was able to spend some Christmas money at Target. He nearly fainted when we walked down the super hero aisle and saw this Spiderman mask. He knew exactly what he wanted. You can’t tell by this photo but underneath that mask he has a huge, happy grin. (And yes, he still wears his Spidey outfit/pj’s every second he is in our house.

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Note to Self – Never leave the Cheerio box on the sink unattended because a certain two year old may try to serve himself a bowl. (Thank God I caught him before he got to the milk!) Oh, and this is considered “funny” because if I don’t laugh at these things I will lose my mind. 😉

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Finally, after a long day of mischief John-Paul will sometimes just collapse wherever he may happen to be. Don’t ask me exactly how he happened to fall asleep on his chair like this.

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

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I’m not sure if it would be considered “pretty” but I parked next to this cool car at the market the other day.

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My kids were relatively fast walkers (and late teethers and talkers) but I think Matthew may be the youngest of the bunch to walk at 9 months. Last week he was only taking 1-2 steps. This week he is doing 3-4 steps. I love then they start to toddle!

My happy guy makes me smile, especially in his “mama’s boy” shirt.

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I think it is funny how light and curly Matthew’s hair is compared to the other kids. I also think it’s a little funny that people assume I’m the Mexican nanny since he doesn’t look like me. (Hello, I’ve got a tall white husband, people. 😉

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We haven’t heard from our cookie bandit lately but he struck again when I found this in the kitchen…

I went to the boys’ room and heard giggling from the closet…

And there was my mischievous fella having a mid morning snack. 🙂