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Pocket Notes
I'll take this opportunity, home from church with two sick kids, to post my notes. 10/19 - JDD, "Most fun things are spoiled if you HAVE to do them."  I forget the context of his quote but it reminded me of my thought at the harvest supper.  The middle and high school youth groups... (More)
Posted by joyful on November 3, 2013, 9:45 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Pocket Notes
9/13 - A Friday. Jonathan had been asking me if he could read Harry Potter for a while.  I told him I needed to talk to Daddy about whether we thought he was ready, but I kept forgetting.  The strategy that worked was asking me in Daddy's presence so I didn't have time to forget. ... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 19, 2013, 8:08 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Marriage Retreat
Heather and I had the opportunity to attend a marriage retreat with 10 or so couples from our church this weekend, up at Rangeley Lake in Maine (thanks Scott, for the house!) We were the youngest couple (by far, the average marriage length represented there was 31 years), and we haven't... (More)
Posted by jondaley on October 7, 2013, 12:59 pm
Category: General
Pocket Notes
Faith had a blast at Star Island with Grammy and Papa. 7/25 - JDD, explaining why he likes to use a certain spoon for his breakfast cereal, "That spoon is special to me, because Grammy gave it to me for Christmas last year." 7/28 or 29 - Joy had a cold and I gave her 1 or 2 nebulizer... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 14, 2013, 11:30 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Full Summer/Pocket Notes
Having a dad in the fire department is educational in more than just fire safety: 5/17 - Jon is called to an accident "involving motor vehicle vs. moose" 5/18 - Jonathan reads about moose and siberian tigers on wikipedia ~5 - Joy says "owee here" = outta here 5/20 - jpd 17 lb on our... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 28, 2013, 8:23 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
This is what makes it all worth while
So last week I was worn out with the extra work that unexpected messes bring.  Today I'm tired but happy about it. Yesterday, Jon left very early to go on the church men's retreat.  Our morning at home started out pretty badly (bickering/fighting) and the boys had to go run around... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 8, 2013, 10:59 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
Jeremiah's Birth Story
My due date was February 21. Jonathan, Noah, and Faith had all been exactly five days late. Joy was early, but we weren't sure of her date and the more we thought about it the more we figured she probably had been late as well. So we had Linda and Porter schedule their flight to arrive... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 24, 2013, 5:55 pm
Category: Jeremiah
My Mother-In-Law's Insight Into Homeschooling
We are still working on renovating our new house, and thus we are still living with Jon's generous parents.  And since we are living here, we are schooling here.  But a comment from his mom gave me some insight into some non-homeschoolers' comments about homeschooling. We usually... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 29, 2012, 9:15 am
Category: General
Homemade Roller Coaster
Here's a cool thing: a homemade roller coaster .  Though it seems like it was probably a lot of work and not quite as exciting as it could have been... (More)
Posted by jondaley on August 26, 2012, 5:12 pm
Category: Internet
A Nice Problem To Have
Today, I had to call the library to ask them to tell Jonathan it was time to come home for dinner.  He had left me a note while I took my nap.  He was there for about five hours. Definitely one advantage of living in this small town! (More)
Posted by joyful on August 2, 2012, 7:07 pm
Category: Jonathan
Notes Catchup Part II, the Whirlwind
Last catchup ended on the weekend of the fire company banquet.  That weekend was also the beginning of the new adventure.  Two different people called up to ask about looking to buy our house.  No, not the one we're fixing up to sell.  The one we're living in.  Well, ok,... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 1, 2012, 11:02 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Notes Catchup Part I
2/6 - Joy went down a whole flight of stairs successfully.  She slides down forwards on her bottom.  Faith was with her this time.  By now, she's an old pro at stairs. I bought some mini hair clips for Faith.  They are the normal clear, brown, black, swirly brown that hair... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 1, 2012, 10:35 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
A Couple More Links
Here are the last ones to share, I'll try to be more careful in the future to link to posts properly when I "share" things, so you can actually see the content regardless of whether facebook or google or the original poster make it difficult... Statistics in science : I don't quite... (More)
Posted by jondaley on November 14, 2011, 8:59 am
Category: Internet
Pocket Notes
8/21 - I can't remember when babies are "supposed" to get object permanence, but Joy definitely has it.  She was playing on her tummy on the kitchen floor with two toys.  When she lost them under herself, she looked all around trying to find them again. 8/24 - Jonathan called the... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 11, 2011, 11:37 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Long Time Coming - Pocket Notes
6/14 - On our camping trip, Faith liked to play Ice Cream Shop.  Her flavors are unique: pineapple hot sauce, strawberry beet, water, to name a few.  After those, I requested just plain ice creams, though she really wanted to put hot sauce on most of them.  We finally settled on a... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 17, 2011, 7:11 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
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