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Last week (actually within the span of three days) four people asked me if I am pregnant. Really, you ask? Yes, really, they did. One of them was Jonathan, whom you have read has been praying fervently for a little sister, and has not yet learned that you don't ask women that... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 20, 2008, 11:38 am
Category: Pregnancy

Forks, Thinking of Talking, Dictionary, How God Makes Little Girls

Noah likes to help set the table. When I ask him to put forks at the places, he will run to the drawer and grab a fistfull, then put a fork on top of each plate. I usually have to help him put away the extras, or they end up all over the place. He's also been copying words... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 2, 2008, 9:34 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Dictated Story by Jonathan

Growl. Arg, we're going to eat you up! Dogs, Aloo-ki! We're going to eat you up. Growl. Growl. Stomp. There's dogs [being] eating [eaten] up. The bears have eaten one dog. Dog, cats, they are fighting. Rocky, rocky is the monkey. The... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 23, 2008, 1:13 pm
Category: Jonathan

Random Stuff

Just when I thought I was a geek, the bar is raised... I forgot to post this a while ago: Tim Hawkins and the "homeschool family". Prairie Home Sausage is kind of funny - and has a picture of a really neat merry-go-round. Lastly, being... (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 7, 2008, 2:50 pm
Category: General

Walking Adventure: 3 vegetables: 2 guys: 2 miles: 1 bathroom stop

I felt like going for a walk today, so Jonathan and I headed out, and I let Jonathan decide where we would go at each turn . We talked some about compass directions, and where the sun was, and sometimes he had an idea which way home was (and then would immediately turn so as to avoid... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 20, 2007, 4:23 pm
Category: Jonathan

Noah Chipped A Tooth

I was washing my hands at the bathroom sink, and Noah came excitedly running up with a toy boat. But in his excitement, he smashed his face into the corner of the sink. He cried surprisingly little, considering that there was blood in his mouth. But I didn't notice the chip... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 18, 2007, 5:40 pm
Category: Noah

30 Day Organizational Challenge Finish Line

Here is my original post to enter the contest, here is my update . Our computer room/guest room is now functional and neat. There are still two actively-being-worked-on server computers on the card table in the room. We had hoped to have them both in their finished... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 30, 2007, 11:27 am
Category: General

November in a Nutshell

This month has been full, busy, and blog-sparse. Because we're actually living life instead of blogging about it! But here goes: Noah is experimenting more with sounds. He copies a lot. Still not much consistently, but here are some things we've heard him say:... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 27, 2007, 7:00 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Isaac, Noah

Challenge Update

Normally, when we have an update to a post, we just put it in the comments, but since I've entered us in the 30-Day Challenge , here's a separate post to link up. Now before any other "challengees" faint when they see my pictures, I'll remind you that we have guests coming... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 9, 2007, 8:14 am
Category: General

30 Day Organizational Challenge

My friends Bonnie and Liz participated in the last Challenge, and quite intimidated me by doing so. But I put OrgJunkie's blog in my reader (one of only three strangers' blogs I read) and have slowly been gaining confidence. The real enouragement I give myself is to note what... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 2, 2007, 4:26 pm
Category: General

Life as an Immigrant

Jon asked me to post this essay written by our friend. Life as an Immigrant By Marc Brands From 1993 to 1996 I did an apprenticeship in Electronics Engineering at Siemens. In Switzerland apprenticeships are very common, students attend about 16 hours of classes... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 17, 2007, 3:59 pm
Category: General

Canadian Thanksgiving 2007

We headed out Friday morning, listening to The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O'Brian on the way. At our first stop, for gas, Jon realized that he hadn't brought his wallet. One of our stops was at our "usual" rest area, the one with the pedestrian walkways over the... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 12, 2007, 2:47 pm
Category: General

Kill-A-Watt

Peter was nice enough to loan me a Kill-A-Watt for a couple weeks to investigate power usage around our home. I have thought about buying one before, but borrowing one is certainly better, though it is quite a bit of fun to test out devices to see how much power they use. I... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 25, 2007, 8:25 pm
Category: Reviews

Always Assume the Best

Mom wrote recently about thinking the best , and Janet just got back in touch with a lost friend whose email was misbehaving. Now it is my turn to be on the receiving end of a gracious friend thinking the best of me.Our friend Sanda, who grew up in Romania, is now staying in our house... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 19, 2007, 3:15 pm
Category: General

Noah is Walking!

Noah can now walk across a room, and he tries walking about half the time. Video In other news (and you can see this on the pictures page, too) his leg got a red, hot splotch after his DTaP shot on Monday, including a ridged rash around the edges of where the bandaid was (non-latex,... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 7, 2007, 6:26 pm
Category: Noah