Sometimes I want to ask Mom for something, and I know if she says no, the little kids will be upset. So I just spell it out to her so they don’t understand. But now there is a problem… Fletcher, Greyden, and Indigo can all spell now! And even though Hewitt and Jade can’t spell, […]
We’ve had an amazingly mild winter so far. It has only gotten below freezing a few times. The problem of course has been that it has also been an amazingly wet winter. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised because we had a fairly wet fall as well. It’s a good thing that wet weather doesn’t stop […]
Every year, we need to “dry off” our goats two months before they are due to kid. This allows them to put their energy into growing their kids rather than making milk. While it is a very sad time for most of us because we don’t have any fresh milk to drink, the boys really […]
Many of you know that the Jonas Family likes to sing. I mean we really, really like to sing. Jim has a pretty good voice. Me – I’m terrible. But it doesn’t stop me from singing. And singing loudly. LOL Indigo really likes to sing too. Now that she is reading, she’s been asking me to print […]
I think that one of the biggest strengths to homeschooling is that my children get to learn the things that interest them. Because it is self-directed, they often learn faster and retain the information longer. They make connections and learn how to think for themselves instead of just memorizing facts that they will later forget. […]
I am very thankful that we have been having an extremely mild winter here in SE Indiana. It was so pretty out the other day, that the older children all asked if they could go running. The boys headed toward friends of ours. Brett didn’t want to run with them, so she drafted Hewitt to […]
December was a pretty hectic month for Goat Milk Stuff. We were shipping lots and lots of orders while keeping up with bagging soap and making ‘Other Stuff’. My sister-in-law, Heather, kindly offered to come down one weekend to help. It was great. That was actually the weekend that we were selling soap at the Stewart Christmas […]
Emery really enjoys playing with the girls. I’d like to say it’s completely because of them, and mostly it is. But there is a small piece of him that just enjoys avoiding work. And since he’s so good at keeping the girls entertained and occupied, well… he tends to get away with it. The other […]
Jim and I ran errands right before Christmas (including getting the boys’ Christmas present). When we came home, I wanted to know where everyone was so we could get the present inside. I called out, “Where is everyone?” I heard Emery’s voice yell from the boys’ room, “We’re levitating!” To which I replied, “You’re what????” The […]
The children wanted to do something special a while ago. I told them the only way we’d be able to go was if we got all the soap unmolded and cut before we had to leave. They were so motivated, they decided to get up early and get it done. Children: “Mom, do we have […]
We love living in the country. There is only one problem – the lack of high speed internet. Right now we have satellite internet, which is better than dial-up. Most of the time. The biggest problem is when we have several days of stormy weather, like we’ve had. So what’s an entrepreneurial family with a thriving business that requires […]
Warning: Santa spoiler alert! Not for all young eyes!! Not only is it the holiday season, which is our busiest time of year. But we recently got news that we are going to be in the January edition of Oprah magazine. So we’re trying not to get too low on any of our inventory. But […]
Our home church decided to run a “Race for Grace” 5K to help support a new local Christian school. It was the Jonas family’s first ever 5K. I’d like to say that we trained, but… We didn’t. But we weren’t too unprepared. The boys all run and Jim and I walk together a lot. The three […]
My camera keeps disappearing. And then I find all sorts of photos on the disk that I did not take. Recently I discovered this group of flag football photos. Brett is actually taking some really good photos. Unfortunately she takes hundreds of them to get those good shots. And guess who gets to sort through […]
The day after Thanksgiving, we had a choice to make – go shopping for Black Friday sales or… Go hiking in Sugar Creek Metro Park in Dayton, Ohio with my brother and his family. It was a very easy decision. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day spent with family. It was a day that […]