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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

Subtraction, Reading, Memorization

Last night Jonathan was helping me set the table for dinner. He said we should get five plates, but I said no, Noah has his tray so he doesn't need a plate. But he could get five bowls for the chili, and five spoons. Then I said, "Make two of them big spoons."... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 17, 2008, 2:55 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

Christmas Present from Verizon

For some reason, Verizon thought it would be a good idea to reconfigure their network early morning Christmas Eve (or late the night before, I am not sure which). Unfortunately, they transferred me to a broken gateway, which has 3 minutes outages every fifteen minutes or so.... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 26, 2007, 11:47 am
Category: Internet

Spelling, Counting, Play and More

11/28 - Sanda has been teaching us Romanian, and one day Jonathan was asking what various random words were. We thought he said, "walk" and Sanda hesitated because it's a verb, so when she asked him to clarify (I walk, you walk, she walks?) he said, "No! Not 'walk' with a... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 12, 2007, 2:20 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

I'm Sorry, Your Product is Obsolete

This is what the HP technical support person said to me when I called about our printer. Our faithful HP LaserJet 6L, which was manufactured 10.5 years ago, and given to us 6(7?) years ago. It printed Mom's boarding pass just fine, and then one day later, all three indicator lights... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 3, 2007, 3:50 pm
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

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

Miscellany

Jonathan loves to create meals and side dishes. On 10/2, he made a vegetable salad that we have recreated several times. Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, onions, with one lemon's worth of juice as a dressing. Simple and delicious. 10/12 - I was in the basement... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 27, 2007, 7:20 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah

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

15 Months

Noah is 30lb 12 oz, 34 1/2" tall. He's getting over a cold, so the doctor could see fluid in both ears, but it's mild and Noah doesn't even care about it. If he slows down enough, his arms move in cross pattern with his walking, but usually he's speed walking or... (More)

Posted by joyful on October 3, 2007, 11:21 am
Category: Noah

Organizing for your Brain Type

Here is a brief review of Organizing for your Brain Type by Lanna Nakone . This is a neat book that gives some explanation about why some people have trouble keeping things organized and why some have trouble understanding those others. She puts people in four different groups,... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 22, 2007, 1:20 pm
Category: Reviews

Grandchildren Update

As has already been observed, I haven't been so diligent at writing down the doings and sayings of my sons. Here's what I did write down and what other stuff I can remember. 8/24 - Noah built a block tower with four blocks. Recently, Noah has been patient for the prayer before... (More)

Posted by joyful on September 22, 2007, 12:57 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah