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I haven't done one of those Facebook lists in a while, and a couple friends filled this one out, so I thought I'd join in. This...
jondaley, 25 November 2010 |
A Full, Crazy, Fun Week
11/6 - Noah and I were making rice krispie treats and Noah was stirring. He asked for a marshmallow, but I said no, they had to go...
Pocket Notes
11/1 - Jonathan, "My favorite color is green." Noah, "My favorite color is green, too!" Jonathan, "Faith, what's your...
A Good School Day
Three-fifths of our family has been sick this week and we are all finally feeling better today. (Thank you to all who prayed for...
Pocket Notes and Potty Training
10/3 - Jon felt the baby kick! Since then, Jonathan and Faith have thought maybe they felt it. If the kids were ever up when...
19 weeks, Midwife Appointment
This morning, we drove up to the birth clinic where Jonathan and Noah were born. Their midwife has retired (she wanted to before...
Short Pocket Notes
This is short but my pocket notes are full and I need a new paper. 9/25 - Noah, wearing his Swiss tshirt and red shorts, "This is my...
Naga Jolokia Pepper
I came across a hot pepper that I hadn't heard of before, and since it had a warning on it being really hot, I figured I had to buy...
Bedtime Cleanup
Inspired by an article in Family Fun magazine, I developed a fun motivator for bedtime cleanup that really works. Before, there...
Pocket Notes
I'm definitely feeling the baby now! Movements are most noticeable when I am lying down. 9/14 - Jon had mentioned that the next...
Notes, Mostly Jonathan Quotes, Faith's Birthday
8/31 - The boys were making octopuses out of their banana peels. Jonathan called his a "cinctopus". It had five...
Pocket Notes
This post is long overdue (I have two separate pocket papers kicking around) but as you may have noticed, we've been pretty busy...
Visiting Washington, DC
We arrived at the Fitzkees' house on Thursday night, and Nick said we could stay as long as we wanted. We ended up extending...
2010 Family Bike Trip to Washington, DC: Fourth Day
We cooked bacon and pancakes (I found a nifty plastic pint jug in Walmart or somewhere that you simply pour water into the jug, shake...
2010 Family Bike Trip to Washington, DC: Third Day
As I looked at the maps for the third day, we were going to be biking near various battlefields and other tourist-type places to...
2010 Family Bike Trip to Washington, DC: First Two Days
I've wanted to bike to DC for a while, but there never seemed like a good opportunity to do so. Once we purchased the tandem...
Church Bike Trip - July 2010
As Heather mentioned , it did take us a while to get this post written, but I thought it would be good to have a record of it, so...
Sprinkler Auto-Timer
Someone asked what timer we recently purchased, and I figured I should post it here, since it seems to work pretty well. We...
Bike Trip, Vacation, Notes
This is going to be woefully brief. The bike trip was adventure after adventure, lots of fun, but lots of work. Among the...
Pregnant!
Cycles did not return after the miscarriage, and that along with other symptoms leads me to conclude that I am pregnant again. ...
Notes from the Pocket
6/28 - Noah's fourth birthday! New nephew born! Faith says, "yoo" (balloon) Some more Faith words:...
Last Day of Kindergarten
I decided to (mostly arbitrarily) call today the last day of Kindergarten. Tomorrow will be the first day of First Grade....
Pocket Notes, Poison Ivy
6/11 - We planted more seeds in our garden. Faith helped me plant beans and she very carefully placed the seed in the hole and...
High Fructose Corn Syrup
We generally try to avoid corn syrup of all kinds (but we only "try", meaning it isn't banned or anything like that). But,...
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"...