PJ Jonas

Category: The Jonas Life

  • Momma’s Helper

    Momma’s Helper

    Where would I be without Brett? Let’s list some of the minor things she does around here: Changes diapers Makes dinner Washes dishes Does laundry Makes cheese Cleans the bathroom Cleans the kitchen Babysits Fetches things that nobody else can find Videos the boys’ wrestling matches Reminds me of the time Gets Dad his dinner…

  • Beware of Pirates

    Beware of Pirates

    I don’t know what the children enjoy more – dressing themselves up – or dressing Indigo up. She’s like everyone’s favorite doll. Here she is armed and dangerous. One more pirate photo. This one is Colter with his dangerous weapons – two half finished goat bottles. They complete the outfit, don’t you think? Sometimes I…

  • A Cat’s Destination

    A Cat’s Destination

    Colter is my “milking buddy”. I milk two goats and he milks two goats. We have lots of random conversations during our milking times. But he kinda surprised me when he asked, “Mom, how long is a cat’s destination?” “What, Cole?” “How long is a cat’s destination?” “I don’t understand.” “A cat’s destination. How long…

  • LaLa

    LaLa

    A good friend of ours knitted a doll for Indigo for her birthday. Indigo is very much a “girly girl” and instantly fell in love with the doll. That evening Jim asked her, “Do you like your doll?” Indigo vigorously nods head. “Does your doll have a name?” Indigo slowly and thoughtfully nods head. “What…

  • Hats Everywhere

    Hats Everywhere

    Remember one of my earliest posts about the square dance we attended? If not – I dressed everybody up to look like cowboys (or “country hicks” as I preferred to lovingly call them). Since then, we seem to have a cowboy hat fetish going around. Now, normally Mom would put an instant stop to that.…

  • Pretty Hair

    Pretty Hair

    Indigo has discovered “hair things” She goes a little overboard.    

  • Jade

    Jade

    I was recently reminded that my youngest child often gets overlooked in the photo department. She’s very cute, but she definitely doesn’t demand attention like the older children. So far, she’s pretty mellow. But she is crawling now, so she’s going to start getting into heaps of trouble, I’m sure. Here she is in her…

  • Wrestling

    Wrestling

    My boys like to wrestle. (Wow, what an understatement.) A couple of months ago, we saw an article in our local paper. It said that our town was having a 5 week wrestling clinic. We took the plunge and signed the boys up. Ok – I’m the mom – but they are really good at…

  • Easter Outfits

    Easter Outfits

    Grandma got all the children Christmas outfits. I was supposed to get their portraits taken, but…, well…., ummm…, I didn’t.  So – here they are. A little late, I know. Sorry, Grandma. But don’t they look adorable?    

  • Surprise!

    Surprise!

    I remember a time when Jim and I used to do some spontaneous things. Nothing major. But we were free to act on an impulse. That has changed since adding 8 children and farm animals to our lives. There is just not a lot of room for spontaneity. But we decided to get spontaneous and…

  • I’m Back

    I’m Back

    Sorry for the long absence – but life happened!  I’ll try to get back to posting regularly as I’ve had some gentle (and some not so gentle) requests.    

  • How Do They Come Up With This Stuff?

    How Do They Come Up With This Stuff?

    I simply will never understand how the young male mind works. (This is not the time to discuss older male minds) The older four boys were all outside playing, while Hewitt played inside. Hewitt tried to go outside. I assumed he was going to play with the other boys. Nope, “Me just going pee.” Side…

  • You Put the Tooth WHERE?

    You Put the Tooth WHERE?

    Emery lost another tooth!  When people hear that my children lose teeth, the first question always asked is, “What did the tooth fairy give you?”  I have a confession, I don’t do the whole tooth fairy thing – I think that must have been created by people with only 2 children at most! So inevitably…

  • Quick – Get the Shop Vac!

    Quick – Get the Shop Vac!

    A large group of friends were arriving on Sunday at 6:00 to sing Christmas Carols with us. We had the house clean (well, as clean as we can get it ). We had food ready. We had children bathed. It was 5:55 and all we had left to do was get the hot chocolate going…

  • You Put in How Much??

    You Put in How Much??

    On Sunday we had a large group of friends over to sing Christmas carols. The children were all cooking and baking their little hearts out. On this particular cooking marathon, Colter learned a valuable lesson. Our piano teacher had given us some friendship bread starter. Colter had successfully divided the starter and was making two…