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Pocket Notes
6/1 - Noah's use of /f/ in everyday speech has increased immensely and he now uses it in a substitution.  3 = "free" 6/1 - Jonathan cut Faith's bangs "because she asked me to."  Forgot that part about asking Mom or Dad...  He actually did a good... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 10, 2010, 4:22 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
New Bike Report
So, after thinking about it for a while, we decided to go ahead and purchase a new bike.  The reason it took some thinking is that it isn't a regular old bike with one seat, but has three seats, with room for three adults, or with the added child conversion kits, Noah and Jonathan can fit... (More)
Posted by jondaley on June 8, 2010, 9:21 pm
Category: Reviews
The Best Job In The World
Here's my take on the biking/camping trip. With last year's notes, it was actually pretty fun planning camping meals for 14 people, the vast majority of which are young men.  I only made two mistakes, one was forgetting oil for the eggs (we used some butter from the mountain pie... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 25, 2010, 8:03 pm
Category: General
Clean Your Dishwasher With Lemonade?
As we've mentioned, our water is pretty hard, and dishwashers in particular don't like hard water, and the manual with our dishwasher says specifically that it won't work with our water.  But, it has worked pretty well for around ten months or so, as long as we kept the rinse aid... (More)
Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2010, 7:08 pm
Category: Reviews
CHAP conference
I have a double request from Grandma to post on the homeschool conference and to make the miscarriage post no longer the first thing you see when you check the blog.  So here goes. (: This was our second year at the CHAP convention.  Last year we spent so much time listening... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 17, 2010, 11:59 am
Category: General
Miscarriage
I didn't really feel like writing this, but then I thought it weird not to post it.  So I'll mostly just copy the emails I wrote to our parents. This is happening at five weeks of pregnancy, pretty much just two days after being sure I was pregnant (though we did not take a... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 12, 2010, 3:35 pm
Category: Pregnancy
Pocket Notes
5/1 - Noah continues to update his pronunciation of words.  That day it was, for battery, "baddewy" instead of "badeedee" Faith's okay is now "o-tay". 5/4 - Faith stayed in the Bible study babysitting the whole time.  Jonathan and Noah were... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 12, 2010, 10:24 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith
I am not allergic to poison ivy
But I will not attempt again to pull it out without another adult present.  I saw that two small vines were creeping up trees in places I had noticed last year (one of which I had pulled out, but there must have still been roots).  Since all my crazy dressing up last year was a pain... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 1, 2010, 6:05 pm
Category: General
Ahh, Spring. The Season of Bandaids
Combine shorts/shortsleeves with pricker bushes and concrete and childhood exploration.  Jonathan takes care of himself now, and Noah does sometimes, but I've been doing lots of bandaging for Faith.  She's pretty good about leaving them on, but when they fall off she is insistent... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 24, 2010, 12:15 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith
Daddy Gone Notes and More Recent
Here are my notes from when Jon was in the Dominican Republic: Saturday - first dinner with Daddy gone - When Faith saw that Daddy was not in his chair at the table, she looked for him in the computer room.  The next morning when I got up first, Noah commented that usually Daddy is... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 18, 2010, 5:52 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith
Total Church: Success
In conclusion, the authors talk some about definitions of success and how those definitions affect how you see yourself and your church. He is quick to point out that large churches are not always bad, but points out various downsides of being in a large church, some of which I have... (More)
Posted by jondaley on April 16, 2010, 10:57 pm
Category: Reviews
Total Church: Children and Young People
The authors quote some statistics of how many children leave the church never to come back, and particularly notes some examples of where churches had "junior church" for the kids, and while it was fun and entertaining when they were young, when the kids were old enough to attend... (More)
Posted by jondaley on April 12, 2010, 10:42 am
Category: Reviews
Sockdolager: A Knock-Down Blow
Heather's dad sent a link to this article, which I thought was pretty good.  And at least, it is a good word-of-the-day for you. Your assignment is to use it in a sentence sometime today.  "NOW, SIR," concluded Davy Crockett, "you know why I made that... (More)
Posted by jondaley on April 9, 2010, 2:27 pm
Category: Reviews
Total Church: Pastoral Care
I am not sure what I think about this chapter.  The authors argue for Christian pastoral care within a communal setting, as opposed to the "professional" counseling.  I have heard of a couple stories of people violently against that idea, though I haven't seen anything bad... (More)
Posted by jondaley on April 8, 2010, 3:57 pm
Category: Reviews
Dominican Republic: Monday
When we were going to bed, Kim said something about setting his alarm for 4AM or some crazy number like that.  Apparently, he gets up pretty early at home, and takes the opportunity to get up even earlier in the Dominican.  But, since I work for myself, I tend to get up pretty late... (More)
Posted by jondaley on April 7, 2010, 12:57 pm
Category: Reviews
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