PJ Jonas – Page 124 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Counting Down!

Colter got a countdown clock for his birthday. Since then he has set it for every big event that has come along. The end of his fiction fast, Christmas, and most recently, our Disney World vacation! So this past couple of weeks, every morning the boys will announce to the rest of us: “only 21…

January 16, 2011

Keeping Busy

We got about 3 inches of snow in the past couple of days. So the boys and I decided that it was perfect time to try out all of our new snow gear.We played around for a while. And then we decided to build a snow fort. Then we decided to build TWO snow forts.…

January 15, 2011

Silly Boys

Last night, I had the following conversation: Fletcher: “Mom, who won the silverware?” Me: “What?” Fletcher: “The silverware – who won it?” Me: “Fletcher, what are you talking about?” Fletcher: “You know, the silverware, where the North fought against the South.” Me: “Ohhhhh! Fletchy, that was the Civil War, not the silverware.” Fletcher: “Ok, whatever,…

January 13, 2011

The Day After Christmas…

…was a Sunday. We go to a home church on the Sundays that we are free. On the day after Christmas, one of the moms planned a play that everyone had got to be a part of. Emery was Joseph and Hewitt was Baby Jesus: Fletcher was a sheep: Someone found him a…

January 13, 2011

Ulterior Motives

Everyone around here always loves Christmas. But this year, Brett, Cole, and Emery got really excited about it. Most of their gifts were very altruistic and something the receiver would really desire. But there were a few that I think were a little bit selfishly motivated. One of them was the box set of the…

January 11, 2011

I Love my Nook

I think Mom already told you I got a Nook for Christmas from Grandma. I was SO excited (still am). I had wanted one, but never thought that I would get one. Mom kept it a big secret. I did think I might be getting one when I saw that Mom and I had the…

January 11, 2011

Goat Milk Stuff Contest – Now Closed

We’re running a new contest for two $50 GMS gift certificates on our facebook page. The Facts: Contest Begins: 1/1/11Contest Ends: 1/12/11Winner Announced: via email to all who enteredNumber of Winners: 2Prize: $50 Goat Milk Stuff gift certificate Good luck and remember to tell your friends!

January 9, 2011

Alone Time

I had an interview yesterday with Jeff Sherman, and he made a comment toward the end of the interview that got me thinking. He basically said, that with the business and homeschooling, I don’t get much alone time. I pretty much agreed with him. But I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and I actually…

January 8, 2011

Spaghetti Sauce?

Jim and I were working hard the other night and I was late for making dinner. My darling daughter came out and announced that dinner would be ready in 10 minutes. I was so proud of her that she knew I was running late and took the initiative to make dinner all on her own.…

January 7, 2011

Karaoke Jonas Style

My children love to sing. Actually, Jim and I love to sing too. We do quite a lot of it while we’re working in the soap room. I had the brilliant idea to get a karaoke machine for Christmas. It’s been a huge hit (much to Jim’s annoyance sometimes LOL). I thought I’d share some…

January 7, 2011

Evergreen Goat Milk Soap

It’s time to meet our goat milk soap of the month – evergreen! The evergreen goat milk soap is now a limited edition soap that comes out every Fall in time for the holiday season. If you don’t want to wait, we have evergreen soap logs and evergreen soap log pieces available.

January 5, 2011

The Magic Word

Yesterday, Hewitt came into the living room where Jim and I were. He went up to Jim and was clearly upset about something. He started to complain and yell about something that had happened. He said something like, “Somebody poked me in the eye, and it was Col…” But he was immediately cut off by Jim…

January 5, 2011

Read Alouds

OK, I’m about to admit to a very juvenile action on my part. But what can I say? I’m human. LOL It was a couple of weeks before Christmas and my mom called. She told me what she had gotten for all the boys and the little girls. Then she said, “I haven’t gotten Brett…

January 4, 2011

I Think It Was…

Mom got us the board game Clue for Christmas, and the boys have not stopped playing it since. They get up early and play it. They play it in the afternoon, and they play it in the evening. It is a lot of fun when the oldest five play.We have each picked the players that we…

January 3, 2011

Looking Ahead in 2011

I asked the children what they wanted to do in 2011. Here’s what they said: Visit friends moreGo skiingGo to DisneyGo to the BeachGo ice skatingGo to Holiday WorldGo hikingGo mountain climbingRide motorcyclesRide horsesGo to a dude ranchGo the Golden CorralSurvive Jim turning 40 (that was Jim)Get into great shape and lose weightGrow tallerBuy horsesPay…

January 2, 2011