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Pocket Notes
I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 9/3 - Referring to two years ago, Jeremiah said, "The other day of the oott-her day (stretched out, and louder) we tipped over in the big boat." He wanted to know if the motor boat was going to tip over or not. So he... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 31, 2016, 12:00 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
Taking an Interest
Or: How This Mom Started Playing Minecraft They say that a good way to show love is to take an interset in what the other person is interested in, even if you wouldn't care about it on your own. I'm a busy mom and wife of an entrepreneur, right?  I don't have time for video games.... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 30, 2016, 6:38 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Daley Vacation 2016 - Baltimore
Here are the brief notes I put together about our family vacation to Baltimore.  This year, the entire Daley clan was able to come (Barbara, Phil, and all their children and grandchildren!) Thursday drive down very good, even through NYC, thanks to google traffic. Looked up heights and... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 17, 2016, 2:36 pm
Category: General
March 2016 Pocket Notes
3/4 - "It's like somebody chewing on a guitar string lengthwise." Jonathan was commenting on a squeaky artichoke. 3/11 - Faith lost lower left 2nd incisor. (R one was a couple of days earlier) 3/12 - Nathaniel was interested in the potty and went a couple of times. I have not been... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 17, 2016, 4:08 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
January 2016 Pocket Notes
1/4 - JPD, breaking off celery stalk, "Wow! Big whacker!  Bad guy come in our house, me whack him!" 1/4 - NPD signing "more" 1/5 - Joy, holding necklace, "I made it symmetrical, with yellow in the middle." 1/7 - NPD said, "amen" after we did at dinner.  This has happened a few... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 1, 2016, 3:07 pm
Category: Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
November and December 2015 Pocket Notes
11/2 - Jeremiah, "Aunt Prudence gave us this one."  perfect grammar 11/3 - Jonathan, "Mom, did you know that if you take the 'c' out of 'record' and add 'er' at the end, it becomes 'reorder'?" 11/3 - Jeremiah, walking backwards with finger in front of his face, "Me try to pick [scab],... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 29, 2016, 8:41 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
September and October 2015 Pocket Notes
9/2 - NPD definitely pulling up (on bathtub) - see Mom's post of Maggie P. 9/2 - NPD, "ma-ma-ma" "na-na-na"  JDD is convinced it means "Mom" 9/2 - Joy, "2+3 is 5. [pause] I learned that in bed."  Subsequently also taughtherself other addition facts. 9/2 - Joy making bracelet... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 29, 2016, 8:22 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
July and August 2015 Pocket Notes
7/6 - Noah is building a paperboard New England village. 7/6 - Jeremiah opened the cupboard under the kitchen sink with the TotLok. He was so proud of himself.  "There we go.  Open!"  (sounds like "deh-do. Opih!") He closed it and opened it several times, each time repeating... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 29, 2016, 8:09 am
Category: Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
May and June 2015 Pocket Notes
5/6 - Jonathan is as tall as Mom! 5/7 - Faith, "Ramen numerals" 5/8 - Jeremiah, "Don't touch it."  I think that's his first three word phrase. 5/9 - Jeremiah was looking at the New Bible Dictionary that has a painting of the last supper (or something like it - Jesus in the middle... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 29, 2016, 7:57 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel
Nathaniel Is Born!
Once again, we were blessed to have Grandma and Dad-o with us for a birth. Jeremiah was still too clingy on Mommy for us to be comfortable having him at the birth.  He did well completely away from me, but had trouble when nearby and I was unavailable.  That is exactly the situation a... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 6, 2016, 1:36 pm
Category: Nathaniel
January and February 2015 Pocket Notes
1/25 - Joy, about ready to dance, "Mommy, if you don't see this show, you won't see it again, EVER!" A good reminder to be present in the moment!  I turned away from the  computer and gave her my attention and I watched her beautiful solo dance show. 1/29 - Reading with Noah... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 6, 2016, 9:32 am
Category: Noah, Joy, Jeremiah
Blogging and Catching Up
I am the kind of person who enjoys writing.  I process my thoughts well by writing, and I like recording my thoughts and my family's life. This year, I will be posting more.  At first, most will be catch-up posts.  I have a whole year of pocket notes to enter, not to mention... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 6, 2016, 9:09 am
Category: General
Pocket Notes
12/26 - Daley Christmas.  Baby cousin G gets a pretty dress.  People exclaim over it. Big brother C says, "I'm not impressed." 12/28 - C, "Dad, [cousin] O says 'ellow' for 'yellow'". Ben, "That's ok, bud." C, "It's not ok with me." 12/30 - Joy counts to 30. 1/5 - Jeremiah gets... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 22, 2015, 2:41 pm
Category: Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah
Giant List of Pocket Notes
I'm very much behind on the blog.  But I have kept the pocket notes safely typed up in my email.  So here goes. In June, the kids and I made a trip to Florida to visit my parents, and my sister and her kids visited, too. 6/14 - Joy, "Mommy! I saw a dinosaur!"  (It was a... (More)
Posted by joyful on December 22, 2014, 2:04 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Pocket Notes
5/1 - Joy playing with even/odd dot cards.  Didn't quite get the concept but sometimes was lucky, so I praised the correct answers.  Then 6/2 - much more consistently correct. 5/1 - Jeremiah, watching the kids in karate class, copying them - doing punches from the "en guarde"... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 9, 2014, 9:44 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
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