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Would you send your nine-year-old on a New York City subway by himself? Would you send him on a horse from Oklahoma to New Mexico and back by way of the deserts of Texas - taking his five-year-old brother along? It can be frustrating sifting through the chaff at the children's... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 23, 2009, 7:21 am
Category: Reviews

Quotes and More

4/10 - Noah comes up to me, winking, and says, "Mommy, me one eye!" It was hilarious. (I couldn't wink until first grade.) 4/11 - Guess which story this is, by Noah: "Let me in. No, no, no. Blow up house!" 4/20 - What does Noah say when... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 20, 2009, 6:43 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Coloring, Colors, Teeth

3/29 - Jonathan was upstairs quietly playing for a very long time. When he finally came down, he showed us what he had been working on the whole time. It was a completely filled in color-by-number page. He read the colors all by himself to see which one went with which... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 4, 2009, 2:30 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Switzerland: Back to the USA (12 Jan 2009)

Very early in the morning, we got up, had breakfast and said goodbye to Sarah (all the other Dutlers said goodbye the night before.) Janet and Stephan came to pick us up and we crammed all ourselves and stuff into the mini-minivan. They took us to the Basel airport where we spent quite... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 18, 2009, 10:22 am
Category: Reviews

Switzerland: Meetings and Rehearsals (01-02 Jan 2009)

Waking up at the above mentioned 2pm left us just enough time to get ready to go to the Renaissance Dance Rehearsal at 3:00. Janet wanted us to dance to medieval music at the wedding reception and thought it would be a good idea for us to practice ahead of time. About 20 of us were there,... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 14, 2009, 1:20 pm
Category: General

Switzerland: En Route (30-31 Dec 2008)

Barbara drove us, with our two big suitcases, three backpacks, computer suitcase, and small/hand bag, to the bus station in Concord. We got there just in time to buy tickets and get on the bus that took us to Logan airport in Boston. Check-in went smoothly and our biggest suitcase was just... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 13, 2009, 5:35 pm
Category: General

Notes

I am now on vacation and so can spare a few minutes to type up the notes that have been hanging in my pocket for a while. I will apologize to my readers for making them wait so long, but I will not feel guilty. Blogging is something most mothers in the history of the world did not have on... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 24, 2008, 1:42 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Trendfo.com

I have been working on an interesting project for a customer of mine - and as is with lots of his projects, end up seeing lots of internet headlines while working on the projects. This particular project involves tracking what things people are talking about and searching for. One source... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 17, 2008, 11:39 pm
Category: Reviews

Someday I'll Just Stay Home and Eat Bonbons

On Wednesday, we walked to the Shursave for a regular shopping trip. The only difference in this trip was the lack of milk in the bottom of the cart, since I had just gotten some at Trader Joe's. But it made a big difference for Jonathan! He pulled the cart the whole way home by himself,... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 27, 2008, 7:42 am
Category: Jonathan

Conversations With Jonathan

I forgot to write this down before; Jonathan can now spell "Jonathan Daley" all by himself. He used to get stuck after "Jon." He read a book of jokes the other day, and he thought they were hilarious. But he doesn't quite get the concept of "crossing" two things. Jonathan's version:... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 19, 2008, 10:14 am
Category: Jonathan

Fixed It!

Yesterday, Jonathan was playing with a mini flashlight when part of it fell off. He spent quite a while trying to put it back together ("Mommy! The clear part fell off, and when I tried to get that, the bulb fell out. Where does this black piece go?") But he was mostly talking to... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 7, 2008, 8:07 am
Category: Jonathan

Jonathan's Shopping Trip

Life cereal was on sale for $2, and we found a $1 off coupon inside one box. So tonight, Jonathan bought a box of cereal with his own dollar bill. We all walked to the store together. Jonathan found the cereal aisle by himself and saw where the cereal was, but had Daddy reach up to... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 14, 2008, 8:01 pm
Category: Jonathan

Beginning Potty Training

I won't make this too detailed since Jon especially doesn't like this kind of stuff posted for everyone to read (and well, would you want your business customers - or worse, potential customers - reading about what your children are doing on the toilet?) But I just wanted it on the... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 10, 2008, 9:25 am
Category: Noah

More Words!

4/8 - We were reading a non-word book about getting a new baby in the house, and Noah would say "baby" perfectly as he pointed to the baby in each picture. He now says it often, sometimes referring to himself, sometimes to my tummy, sometimes to a picture of another baby, sometimes randomly.... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 21, 2008, 11:36 am
Category: Noah

Easter Stargazing

We had Easter dinner at the Venables with four families (total.) It was a fun time and we got home after it was fully dark. As I was getting Noah out of the car I noticed that the sky was perfectly clear and the stars were shining as much as you can expect in a city. I saw... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 23, 2008, 9:00 pm
Category: General, Jonathan