PJ Jonas

Category: The Jonas Life

  • Purple Power

    Purple Power

    Indigo‘s favorite color is purple (kind of fitting for a child named Indigo, don’t you think?). Anyway, Daddy had a huge score from the garbage route for her: You gotta love purple sunglasses. (Ok, if your favorite color is purple, you gotta love purple sunglasses). And Indigo adores her them!    

  • Louisville Bats

    Louisville Bats

    I was at home last week when a friend called. Someone had given them 8 tickets to a Louisville Bats’ (minor league) baseball game that night, but they couldn’t use the tickets. She wondered if we would like to use them? I had TONS of stuff to do that day, so I told her I…

  • Lunch Time

    Lunch Time

    I had lunch with Indigo and Jade at the airport. There weren’t a lot of options to choose from. Indigo said she wanted pizza so I ordered two slices at Sbarro. When they came I thought to myself, “Hmmmm… probably should have just gotten one.” But you know what? They both ate them except for…

  • Date Night

    Date Night

    Well, it has been an exhausting week. Thursday morning the last of the April goat kids were finally born (I’ll get photos up later). Twins – 1 buckling and 1 doeling, both adorable and healthy. But the best part about Thursday morning kids is that Jim and I got to enjoy our Thursday evening date…

  • Ready or Not

    Ready or Not

    My living room is usually in pretty good shape. No toys. Not much clutter. Quick and easy to clean up in case somebody drops by to pick up soap. But then stuff like this happens: That is what my living room looks like after Jim and the oldest 3 children returned from a weekend selling…

  • Now THAT is Talent

    Now THAT is Talent

    As homeschooling parents, we try very hard to teach our children things that will be useful for their future. Things that show how talented they are. Things that when other people see them, they say, “Wow, you are such amazing parents and your children are incredible!” In order to be successful teachers, it is very…

  • Climbing Mount Everest

    Climbing Mount Everest

    Ok – so it isn’t quite Mt. Everest. But it was the closest thing the boys could find. This tree was one of the victims of Hurricane Ike – and the boys just couldn’t resist conquering it. My boys will climb anything they can. Most of the time I let them without too much concern.…

  • The Good News First

    The Good News First

    The good news is that my EKG was normal. The bad news is that I had to have an EKG. The whole family has been sick since we got back from vacation in January. Nothing major. But yesterday when I started having trouble breathing, I decided it was time for a doctor’s visit. The doctor…

  • Happy Birthday to Me!

    Happy Birthday to Me!

    St. Patrick’s Day is my birthday (hence the name Patti Jo). The night before my birthday, Colter said, “Brett, come here.” whisper, whisper, whisper Brett said, “Dad, come here.” whisper, whisper, whisper Mom said, “If you really want to give me a birthday present, you’ll let me sleep-in in the morning, and not have to…

  • Keeping the Girls Busy

    Keeping the Girls Busy

    Brett made us nachos for dinner last night. I don’t remember what I was doing, but I heard her repeatedly saying stuff such as, “Get your hands off!” “Ooooh, YOU!” “Would you stop that!” I wanted to see how she would handle it (either that or I was just being lazy), so I didn’t interfere.…

  • Maple Syrup Festival

    Maple Syrup Festival

    It’s that time of year for another Jonas Family tradition – the Maple Syrup Festival. Really, the main reason we go is for the all-you-can-eat pancakes and waffles, smothered in strawberries, blueberries, REAL maple syrup, ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate chips. Yummmm….. It still makes my mouth water even though I had them a…

  • Welcome Home, Jim

    Welcome Home, Jim

    The soap business has grown to the point that we had to make a decision. Continue to grow it, or scale it back down. Since we love making soap and have had so much positive feedback, we’ve decided to grow the business. In order to do this, Jim had to cut down his hours at…

  • Disaster Girl

    Disaster Girl

    As the eighth child, Jade has a lot more freedom than her older siblings had at her age. Sometimes that’s good. Sometimes that’s bad. Lately it’s been bad. The other day I was cleaning up and discovered this: Do you know what that is? That is the entire contents of my pocketbook in a garbage…

  • Is That An Officer On My Front Porch?

    Is That An Officer On My Front Porch?

    Yes. That is a sheriff’s deputy or a sergeant or a “police guy” as Hewitt would say. Why is he on my front porch? Well, he’s smiling and I have time to take a picture, so you know it can’t be too terrible. Although I admit it is rather difficult taking a picture with handcuffs…

  • The Water Bill

    The Water Bill

    I just sat down to pay bills. I looked at the water bill and said to myself out loud, “Hmmm… wonder why the water bill is so high?” Apparently Jim heard me and replied, “Because I filled up the humidifier while we went to the China Garden Buffet.” You what??? Apparently Jim set the humidifier…