PJ Jonas – Page 119 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

The Circus Came to Town

The circus came to Charlestown this spring. The newspaper said you could watch the elephants put up the Big Tent, so we went to watch. You can imagine how disappointed the boys were to watch a bunch of guys running around setting up the poles and canvas. While we waited for the elephants to do…

June 28, 2011

Homeschool Creativity – See-Saw

Part of our homeschool is the time and tools to be creative. The children always rise to the occassion to impress me. Recently, the boys built their own see-saw. Pretty impressive, don’t you think?

June 27, 2011

While The Humans…

sit in front of the air conditioners when it’s 90+ degrees outside, what do our goats do to beat the heat? Right now, they seem to like the tree line on the side of the property where they can get some shade and tree branches. Except when they prefer eating alfalfa pellets in the shelter …

June 26, 2011

A Cup Of Fruit

Mom and Dad have granola with cut up fruit and goat milk for breakfast. Mom likes strawberries and blueberries best. But they’ll also have bananas or peaches too. A few days ago, Dad asked Greyden and Hewitt to get his and Mom’s breakfast ready. He told them that they each needed a cup of cut…

June 25, 2011

Yo Ho!

“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me.” At least, that is what my brothers want… a pirate’s life. I dont think they are going to get it though. Recently the boys have been on a pirate kick. It all started when they got Mom’s permission to watch the first Pirates of the Caribbean…

June 24, 2011

I Don’t Like Yogurt!!

A couple of days ago,

June 23, 2011

Homeschooled

For Jim’s 40th birthday, I took everyone on a surprise vacation to the Red River Gorge area in Kentucky. We rented a house and spent our days hiking, studying nature, playing, and enjoying the family. On our very first hike, Jim pointed out some moss to Indigo. Indi quickly became fascinated with moss and noticed…

June 23, 2011

Just Goats and Cats

We have lived in our current home for seven years. That’s the longest I’ve ever lived in one place, and it’s half my life time. I really like Indiana and all of the stuff we’ve been able to do out here. In seven years we have built a lot of stuff here: 1. Built friendships…

June 22, 2011

Friends In The Soaproom…

We’ve been getting ready for something big for a while now – Mom says I’m not allowed to tell you yet, but soon.* That means that Dad has been making as much soap as possible. And do you know what that means? That means bagging all that soap. Mom always tells us that work can…

June 21, 2011

How Often…

do you see… little girls… wearing tutus… working as hard as they can… with their friends… to clean off… soapy floor mats? We see it all the time around here!

June 20, 2011

Hula!

Do you like Indigo’s grass skirt? Emery made it for Indigo to wear in a circus dance we are planning. He’s pretty creative and Indigo loves it!

June 19, 2011

Girls Will Be Girls

Girls will be girls – they will love flowers: Girls will be girls – they will love dressing up: Girls will be girls – they will love taking pictures with princesses: Girls will be girls – they will love baby goats (even if the babies don’t love them): Girls will be girls – they will…

June 18, 2011

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys will be boys – they will turn straws into fangs: Boys will be boys – they will play in the mud: Boys will be boys – they will wrestle anyone that will let them: Boys will be boys – they will play football as much as they can: Boys will be boys – they…

June 17, 2011

Meet Fletcher

Fletcher is my 120% child. Whether he’s happy, sad, loving, or cranky, Fletcher puts 120% of himself into everything he is feeling and doing. He’s very outgoing and is the first one to reach out to people he doesn’t know. Fletcher does all of the unmolding at Goat Milk Stuff and likes to play with…

June 4, 2011

Our Cats

As a large family with lots of young children, we tend to leave crumbs everywhere. We also have farm animals that leave feed everywhere. Unfortunately, this tends to encourage the mice. And even more unfortunately, Mom and I hate being surprised by mice. Soooo… We have cats. We have had LOTS of cats over the years. We…

May 21, 2011