On Saturday, March 26th, Jonathan, Faith, Joy and I participated in our first karate tournament. The whole family rose bright and early...
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...
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...
1/4 - JPD, breaking off celery stalk, "Wow! Big whacker! Bad guy come in our house, me whack him!" 1/4 - NPD signing "more"...
11/2 - Jeremiah, "Aunt Prudence gave us this one." perfect grammar 11/3 - Jonathan, "Mom, did you know that if you take the 'c'...
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...
7/6 - Noah is building a paperboard New England village. 7/6 - Jeremiah opened the cupboard under the kitchen sink with the TotLok....
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...
From an email written to my mom on April 4, 2015 at 7pm. Just after noon, Noah came screaming in from outside. He was...
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...
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...
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...
I am the kind of person who enjoys writing. I process my thoughts well by writing, and I like recording my thoughts and my...
We went sailing today in the Black Rabbit, which is the name of our Flying Junior. I do need to find out the history of it,...
Yesterday was an exhausting day, so I made sure to get us ready for bed early. We were in bed by 9:00. But Jeremiah kicked...
12/26 - Daley Christmas. Baby cousin G gets a pretty dress. People exclaim over it. Big brother C says, "I'm not impressed."...
I'm very much behind on the blog. But I have kept the pocket notes safely typed up in my email. So here goes. In June,...
5/1 - Joy playing with even/odd dot cards. Didn't quite get the concept but sometimes was lucky, so I praised the correct...
3/23 - I told Jeremiah the toaster was hot, and he held up his hand, palm facing, but not touching, and said, "hah". 3/25 - Jeremiah...
Got a bunch of spam comments and then when I was looking at posts, the boys pointed out that my last post was a month ago and I said...
2/15 - JPD walked up to me and hugged my knees. He now does this often. 2/19 - JDD quotes from The Incredibles, with an Indian...
1/18 - JPD tongue cluck noise 1/16 - JDD riddle: Toothless I bite, Voiceless I mutter, Legless I move, Mouthless I stutter, I am nearly...
I think I have found a key to living selflessly. When there's an emergency, it's easy to serve. I see the great need, and I...
12/4 - F putting on chapstick. Joy recalls, "Last time my lips sting. Now my lips better." 12/6 - JDD, in a growly voice,...
2013 Daley Christmas Letter