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Camping

Last weekend, we went to Keystone State Park with the Tomans. We got a group campsite so we could put both tents together. It was right on the lake and separate enough from other sites for privacy. I hadn't done much with our camping supplies since two years ago, and some of... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 7, 2007, 6:33 pm
Category: General

Macintosh / Core Fun House

I started a new IT job recently, and the majority of the people there have Macs, so I have been bringing one home in order to learn more about them. They have come a long way in 20 years, when I used to play on a Macintosh SE (with three floppy drives, a nice bonus so you didn't have... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 24, 2007, 9:10 pm
Category: Reviews

Snowballs in June

The Carnegie Science Center has a promotion that if you bring a snowball in on the first day of summer, they give you free admission. Although this was the first year I'd heard of it, everyone else in Pittsburgh knew about it, too. We'd planned on getting there when it opened,... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 22, 2007, 7:38 am
Category: General

Strawberry Picking

This is the weekend for strawberry festivals and several local farms have pick-your-own fields. Last year, when I was about 39 weeks pregnant, Mom, Dad, Jon, Jonathan and I picked 14 lbs of strawberries at Trax Farms . Jon is on a business trip, but I wanted to get at least some fresh,... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 10, 2007, 5:58 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah

BCF Orchestra Concert Pictures

Our new church has a youth orchestra that Jon has become part of. They did a few concerts at local nursing homes last weekend and I got some pictures and videos. The main reason for this post is to explain the videos. Our camera isn't primarily a video camera, so it... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 9, 2007, 7:27 pm
Category: General

The Report: Jonathan "Drives" A Backhoe

Just before 7:00 this morning, I thought I heard some sounds, so looked out the window to see a pickup truck but no backhoe. The backhoe arrived just after 7 and Jonathan watched out the window while I got ready for the day. Daddy said we could go out to look before breakfast since... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 24, 2007, 2:04 pm
Category: Jonathan

Noah's First Step!

Well, Grammy, he didn't wait for you. For your sake, I'm sorry, but it's really hard to be sad about such a fun milestone! I think he didn't even intend to do it. He pushed up to standing from my leg, then took a step, then grabbed my shoulder and took... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 23, 2007, 2:03 pm
Category: Noah

Beginning Puzzles, Candles, MEAT!

5/18 - Noah sucessfully put back one of his big knob puzzle pieces. In the last few days, Jonathan has been interested in lighting a candle at the table (not just for dinner, but anytime.) He can now strike a match and light the candle all by himself. (I have strongly... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 21, 2007, 3:24 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Spears, Reading, Boggle

5/7 - "Mommy, we don't see people with spears too much." Cell phones, yes, spears, no. 5/10 - I was doing some reading on the laptop and scrolling with the arrows. First Jonathan noticed that when I pressed the down arrow, the page went up, and vice versa, and... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 12, 2007, 7:12 pm
Category: Jonathan

Car Accident on Penn Avenue

I am up late working on some code, and all of a sudden there is a really loud noise, and I look out my window and watch a car turn kind of sideways and roll over. As far as I can tell there wasn't a second car involved, but I don't know what could have happened to make him flip... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 11, 2007, 12:18 am
Category: General

Playing, First Molar

Noah has been so much fun recently. I know I've said that before, but now he's initiating the fun, which is a new development. He likes to dance, to bounce, to jump (with my help.) He continues to like peek-a-boo, he loves to play the dropping game. He even played... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 5, 2007, 7:13 pm
Category: Noah

Sunny On Sunday

In college, our friend Volus used to say that it was always sunny on Sunday. Even if it was gray in the morning, the sun was out by the time church was over. I found that he was right for the vast majority of the time. This weekend was no exception. Saturday was rainy,... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 30, 2007, 8:11 am
Category: General

Germs, Plants, Stacks and More

Noah has discovered the fun of taking out and putting in objects to a container. He also isn't interested in crashing towers. Instead, he likes to take them down carefully block by block. He likes to copy us in driving cars around and the other day we were having a blast... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 23, 2007, 9:08 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Climbing, Writing, Quotes

March 20 - Jonathan climbed over our chain link fence all by himself. March 22 - He was pretending that his cereal was "vitamins" and counting them out to himself, "It's Saturday [eat one]...it's Monday [eat one]...it's Wednesday [eat one]...it's... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 10, 2007, 8:57 pm
Category: Jonathan

Shopping Cart Thrill Ride

After Noah's doctor appointment, we went to the grocery store. I had parked forward-facing to a curbed, sloped sidewalk. On the side of the walk opposite the parking lot was a railing. Because of the curb, I did not push the cart to the trunk of my car as I usually... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 27, 2007, 8:39 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah