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
Here's the beginning of the list. It is enough for me just to type it all, so I am not going to categorize or alphabetize. Christ in...
11/8 - It was gusty and the maple seeds were being blown off our big tree by the thousands. It was such an amazing sight! ...