PJ Jonas – Page 133 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Daddy Time

The girls were in need of some Daddy Time. So Jim gave Jade her first set of braids: So then of course Indigo needed her hair braided too: He eventually had them both braided and looking beautiful: Then they got to check out themselves in the mirror in their room: He’s a VERY good Daddy!…

September 8, 2010

Boredom

Jim, Brett, Cole, Emery, and Greyden were selling soap today. That left me at home with Fletcher, Hewitt, Indigo, and Jade. It was a different combination of kids than we usually have. Normally Fletcher is with the older children or with Greyden. Fletcher really wanted to fly his kite today. But alas, there was no…

September 7, 2010

Cousin Love

One of the best parts of our vacation was the fact that the children got to spend so much time with their cousins. Since we’re the only part of our family living in Indiana, cousin time is very precious. I wish I had taken more photos of them together, but here are a couple of…

September 6, 2010

Fourth of July Sparklers

Since it was against the law to do big fireworks at the beach, Aunt Heather got all the kids sparklers for Jade’s Birthday the Fourth of July. Jim lined all the children up youngest to oldest to hand out the sparklers: Indigo was really excited about it: The children think this is a really cool…

September 4, 2010

Scary Jade

When we were at Disney over the winter, we went into one of the gift shops. Brett was looking at books, the boys were looking at pirate stuff, Indigo was looking at pretty, princess dresses. And Jade fell in love with what she called her “scary hands”. We left without buying anything. A couple of…

September 3, 2010

Jade’s Birthday

We got to celebrate Jade’s Fourth of July birthday during our vacation this year. Other than having extra people there, it was pretty much a Jonas birthday celebration as usual. Of course, all those extra people meant a lot of extra cash for Jade. She was loving it. I can’t believe my baby is…

September 2, 2010

A Future Songwriter??

Greyden’s zone is the kitchen sink area. He is responsible for washing all the big dishes. Yep, all the pots and pans and everything (except the milk pails – Cole and Emery each have to do their own). He’s also responsible for loading and unloading the dishwasher. Which happens about twice a day at our…

September 1, 2010

It’s a Celebration!

Hooray! We were finally able to have Fletcher’s Thumb Sucking Cessation Celebration! He’s been trying to stop sucking his thumb for over a year, and he finally succeeded! We’re so proud of him. He got to choose his reward and he picked ice cream with hot fudge and colored sprinkles. He chose black…

August 31, 2010

My New Camera

I got a new camera and was outside playing around with it. Jade was supposed to be inside cleaning up her zone, but her curiosity (what is mom doing??) got the better of her. So instead of taking pictures of my herbs, I took pictures of her: …

August 29, 2010

Poison Ivy

Emery keeps getting poison ivy on his feet. We don’t know how he keeps managing to do it, but he does. We’ve washed every pair of shoes the kid owns, and he still will get it periodically. So I’ve decided to make a poison ivy soap. Jewelweed is the best plant for fighting poison ivy.…

August 27, 2010

King of the Ocean

Colter was the undisputed King of the Ocean this vacation. The kid basically lived in the water. The morning we had to leave was very windy. It was the roughest the ocean had been our whole week. Here’s a video of most of the children staying up close to the beach. But if you look…

August 26, 2010

Queen of the Ocean

If Indigo is the princess of the ocean, then Brett is the Queen. She was just as much a fanatic with the water as Indigo: I loved watching the two of them enjoy it together: Brett waited so long to have a sister, and the two of them are really close. Normally when they do…

August 25, 2010

Princess of the Ocean

Indigo absolutely fell in love with the ocean and riding waves: I can just see her asking for a surfboard for her birthday! Of course, she is kind of lazy. She figured out that if she just hangs out in the shallows, eventually a wave will come and give her a ride without her…

August 24, 2010

Time for the Beach

It’s time for the beach!! First priority, suntan lotion: Once everyone is covered, it’s time to head to the ocean. Here are a couple of shots of Colter enjoying the sand and sun: And then a shot of Colter not enjoying the sand in his face (which was his own fault for doing pushups on…

August 23, 2010