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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
Pocket Notes
Noah has discovered convertibles and really wants one.  In a parking lot one day, we watched a man put up his roof and that was really cool.  When I explained the reasons we wouldn't get one (too expensive, not enough seats for our family) Jonathan decided on our next car.  A... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 30, 2010, 9:42 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
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
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
New Words and Other Notes
Faith now says: sock - "ot", peekaboo - "deet-a-doo", let me do it - "Do!", "dough", that - "at", trash - "ash", okay - "o-day" 4/27 - Noah had his first piano lesson with Grammy and loved it. 4/28 - Faith had... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 1, 2010, 9:03 am
Category: 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: 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
Noah Notes
Noah can buckle his own seatbelt in the car now. His speech is continually improving.  Jon could tell the difference when he came back from the Dominican.  /g/ and /k/ are now well established in his regular vocabulary.  We're working on /f/ /v/ /l/ /s/  in our... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 10, 2010, 9:34 am
Category: Noah
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
Jonathan Notes
Jonathan has been wanting our family to put on a Star Wars play ever since he started reading his Syar Wars book.  I keep telling him, "You write the script first, and then we can figure out more details."  So he finally decided to write the script, based on the movie Star... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 28, 2010, 5:04 pm
Category: Jonathan
Faith Notes
3/19 - Mommy asks, "Where are all those hiccups coming from?"  Faith responds by opening her mouth wide and pointing down her throat. 2/23 - Faith said "I love you" to me!  It sounds rather like "hello" with three syllables.  She also tries... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 25, 2010, 2:12 pm
Category: Faith
Notes and a Taste of Spring
2/23 - Faith repeated the Church of the Ascension doorbell, singing exactly on pitch. 2/24 - Noah was working with Jon on pronouncing "sure" correctly, having trouble with the "sh" sound at the beginning.  Finally, he said to Jon, "How 'bout I just say... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 7, 2010, 3:07 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith
Pocket Notes
2/11 - Noah, as we started school for the day, "I have my gun in my pocket in case any bad guys try to interrupt school." 2/13 - Faith says something that sounds very like "all done" when she is finished eating or going to the bathroom.  She also says... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 21, 2010, 7:40 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
Speaking and Reading
Noah is doing great at his speech practice.  When he thinks about it, he can do /k/ and /g/ sounds at the beginning, ending, and middle of words.  Examples: "big pig" "good guy" "duck"  I'm so encouraged! I thought I'd write down all of... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 23, 2010, 11:09 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
Faith and Noah Notes
Faith can crawl downstairs now, and off chairs and couches. 1/14 - Faith finally signed milk .  She still only does it with prompting, but it's a start. 1/13 - Noah said broccoli with prompting "bwah-kuh-wee" We've been working hard on /k/ and /g/ in... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 16, 2010, 5:23 pm
Category: Noah, Faith
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