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Thinking of Isaac on Jonathan's Birthday
This morning, I received a card from my parents letting me know that they will always remember Isaac and that they had given a gift to...
joyful, 18 November 2004 |
Birthday Fun
Today Jonathan put on a show for me. He had a plastic lei and was dancing around with it, putting it on and off, and generally making a...
Flabbergasted Cable Guy
A Comcast guy came to the door yesterday.Cable Guy: "4565 Carroll - you don't have cable." Me: "Nope. We don't watch TV." CG: "You...
Test Director Problems
For those of you who have successfully installed Mercury's Test Director , and have it die suddenly, you need to check the IIS/NTFS...
J-J-J
Is, I think, what Jonathan says for his name. He has said J-J in the mirror before. After shuffling his family bits the last time, the...
Family Bits
Jonathan's most recent set of family bits includes the people he knows best - Daddy, Mommy, and Jonathan. The Daddy and Jonathan bits,...
Down Stairs, Hooray!
Jonathan climbed down the stairs all by himself - beginning with turning himself around at the top, which was the limiting factor in his...
Daley Visit
Grammy and Auntie E are in Pittsburgh for the weekend, and an early one year birthday for Jonathan. His accomplishments while they were...
Great Word
Last night, our four-year-old friend William was telling us about the state of their basement playroom. "You don't want to go downstairs,...
Spam: In Perspective
A friend of ours was complaining about spam, and Heather agreed, and said she had been getting tons of spam lately. I questioned her on...
Google Features
I just discovered another nifty feature of the Google search engine. You can paste in UPS and USPS tracking numbers, and will...
Jonathan's First Election
I went to vote this morning on the way to Women's Bible Study. The most interesting part was that Jonathan somehow got ahold of the...
"Oops!"
Jonathan has started saying, "Oops!". He learned that at the progressive dinner where one of the college guys was playing with him,...
Car Seat Buckle
When our car was disabled, we had the carseat in the house, and Jonathan loved playing with the buckles and straps. Recently, he has...
Bits of Intelligence
I have been teaching Jonathan using a not-so-intense version of the programs recommended by The Institutes . I'm adding this post...
Mid-Night Bath
Thursday night, Jonathan was crying for hours, which is completely unlike him. At about 2am, he threw up all over himself, me, and the...
Science Demonstration
We happened into the kitchen when the heat was on - and found a balloon floating in the air above the register! Jonathan thought it was...
Good Kick!
Jonathan is amazingly adept at kicking a ball. We have fun playing "soccer" together, and he usually kicks the ball straighter than I...
Chase
Jonathan likes to be chased. Especially fun is for Mommy or Daddy to get on hands and knees - then he (nearly) runs away and giggles...
Signing, finally!
I had just told my friend yesterday that I was getting discouraged about signing because Jonathan was not doing any except for an...
Hello
This afternoon, Jonathan walked around the dining room table, and when he got back to where I was, I said, "Hello!" He immediately said,...
Getting off the Bed
In a recent post , I mentioned that our bed is a little too high for Jonathan to comfortably get off by himself. So today, I took the...
Vacuum Cleaner
On Monday, which is my vacuuming day, I did two floors while Jonathan took a nap. Then for the other two floors, he was awake, but he...
Paperwhites and Peppers
Our paperwhites from last year are starting to show little green tips! Our hot pepper plants are starting to flower again. I wonder...
Internet Connection
People at work have finally gotten sick of the lack of support from our IT department. Their FTP site was not operable the other day,...