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Taking an Interest
Or: How This Mom Started Playing Minecraft They say that a good way to show love is to take an interset in what the other person is...
joyful, 30 July 2016 |
Nathaniel words
I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. more (sign too) = "moh", also means "I want that" Mom ow...
Noah Is 10!
Happy birthday, Noah! Welcome to the double digits. Ten was one of my favorite ages. I am sorry that I can't give you...
Molars, Hair, Tape Armor
6/17 - Nathaniel gets three molars at once. upper left, lower left, lower right. The upper right made its appearance 6/22....
Mother's Day 2016
Highlights from my Mother's Day, in addition to playing handbells: Nathaniel went in to the bid kids' room to give Jeremiah a morning...
Isaac Memorial Reflection
I typed up my memorial service reflection for a presentation we did at our church recently. I don't think it has been typed up...
June 2016 Pocket Notes
6/1 - Nathaniel was playing with the nebulizer, dripped some of the leftover liquid, said, "Uh, oh." Then he walked to the...
April/May 2016 Pocket Notes
4/26 - Jeremiah, after his first bowl of non-sugar cereal, asked for some sugar cereal.Only two pieces fell out of the box when I shook...
Daley Vacation 2016 - Baltimore
Here are the brief notes I put together about our family vacation to Baltimore. This year, the entire Daley clan was able to come...
To Mom
Happy Mother's Day! I love you. Here is something I played in church this morning and thought of you. How Can I Keep...
Pocket Notes - Joy ties shoes, Heather does pushups, and...
4/3 - I said to Jeremiah, "Your shoes are on the wrong feet, sweetie." He replied, "I not 'sweetie'. Joy is 'sweetie'."...
March 2016 Pocket Notes
3/4 - "It's like somebody chewing on a guitar string lengthwise." Jonathan was commenting on a squeaky artichoke. 3/11 - Faith lost...
Nathaniel's First Enjoyable Snow
April 4, it snowed six inches. The next day, I wrote this: Today the snow is still there and the sun is out and the sky is...
Karate Tournament, Standish Maine
On Saturday, March 26th, Jonathan, Faith, Joy and I participated in our first karate tournament. The whole family rose bright and early...
A Compassionate Heart
On the evening of March 4th, we were on our way to the church to get our portraits taken for the upcoming new photo directory. It was a...
February 2016 Pocket Notes
2/2 - Noah and I walked past the food pantry on distribution day, and saw a friend of ours heading there. He asked if she was donating...
January 2016 Pocket Notes
1/4 - JPD, breaking off celery stalk, "Wow! Big whacker! Bad guy come in our house, me whack him!" 1/4 - NPD signing "more"...
November and December 2015 Pocket Notes
11/2 - Jeremiah, "Aunt Prudence gave us this one." perfect grammar 11/3 - Jonathan, "Mom, did you know that if you take the 'c'...
September and October 2015 Pocket Notes
9/2 - NPD definitely pulling up (on bathtub) - see Mom's post of Maggie P. 9/2 - NPD, "ma-ma-ma" "na-na-na" JDD is convinced...
July and August 2015 Pocket Notes
7/6 - Noah is building a paperboard New England village. 7/6 - Jeremiah opened the cupboard under the kitchen sink with the TotLok....
May and June 2015 Pocket Notes
5/6 - Jonathan is as tall as Mom! 5/7 - Faith, "Ramen numerals" 5/8 - Jeremiah, "Don't touch it." I think that's his first...
Swiss Army Knife + Thumb = ER (April 4, 2015)
From an email written to my mom on April 4, 2015 at 7pm. Just after noon, Noah came screaming in from outside. He was...
March and April 2015 Pocket Notes
3/2 - I told Jeremiah I'd clean up the (play) food because he was still playing with the cars. He came up to me, gave me a big...
Nathaniel Is Born!
Once again, we were blessed to have Grandma and Dad-o with us for a birth. Jeremiah was still too clingy on Mommy for us to be...
January and February 2015 Pocket Notes
1/25 - Joy, about ready to dance, "Mommy, if you don't see this show, you won't see it again, EVER!" A good reminder to be...