PJ Jonas – Page 136 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Flying to Africa

We were having dinner at Boma’s restaurant one night. I was very excited about it because it was an African buffet style restaurant and I couldn’t wait to try some of the food that I’d heard about from our African friends. Boma’s is located at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, so Indigo and Jade decided they…

April 10, 2010

Slow?… Really?

January through April is our slow time of the year. Really, it is. For two of those months we aren’t milking goats. There’s very little outside maintenance to do. Our show schedule for selling soap is very minimal.We don’t have to leave the house very often.There’s no garden to take care of.There’s no food to…

April 8, 2010

The Three Sweetest Words You Can Hear (according to Jim)

. Any guesses what those words are? Brett (who is reading over my shoulder even though she is supposed to be in bed and I have reminded her 3 times to get to bed) just whispered, “I love you.” Good three words. In fact they’re awesome three words. But they’re not the three words I’m…

April 8, 2010

You Are The…

Jim and I have been taking a walk together every day. It’s awesome. We leave the children with some chores to do and a reward if they get them done by the time we return, and then we disappear. For at least 45 minutes. We walk, we talk, we sweat. Good stuff. We actually have…

April 7, 2010

How Old Are You?

Jim asked Jade how old she was. She answered, “I’m two.” Then she paused and thought for a while… And added, “I’m going to be four in my life.” It’s good to see she’s planning for the future.

April 5, 2010

Just Another Day

Easter Sunday is pretty much like most other days around the Jonas homestead. There are still goats to milk and babies to feed and chores to be done. Because our families are all out of state, we don’t have a big family get together. So what did we do today? We enjoyed each others company…

April 5, 2010

Not the Correct Use of Crayons

We had dinner out and the children were all given a few crayons to color with (God Bless whoever came up with that distraction). We enjoyed our dinner and left. A few hours later, I discovered Indigo looking like this: Yes, that would be blue crayon drawn all over her mouth. I’m not sure what…

April 4, 2010

So, Children, Why Do We Celebrate?

During dinner last night, I asked the children why we celebrated Easter. When I ask questions like this, I always start with the youngest and go up. Mom: “So, why do we celebrate Easter?” Jade: “Cause we make soap” Indigo: “Cause we make lots of soap” Hewitt: “Cause we make soap and sell it to…

April 3, 2010

Wrinkle City

We were very excited when we found out that Grandma and Poppy were part time Disney employees and could get us into Disney for free. But see, the problem is, they only have so many free passes. And… well… if we were an average sized family it wouldn’t be a problem. But we’re not exactly…

March 30, 2010

Jade

Jade had so much fun at Disney, but it wore her out a little:

March 30, 2010

Grey Bear

Colter is the serious one. Greyden’s… not:

March 30, 2010

My Colter

Colter is such an awesome young man. He is so strong and so capable. And he’s also a real cutie: He’s going to make some young lady very happy some day. Til then, he makes me happy. (Most of the time)

March 30, 2010

Norway

Norway (in Epcot) had a little ride and a movie about the country. Afterwards they let you out through their gift shop. Hmmmm…. not sure that was a great idea: Do you know what it took to get the children to put down those weapons? Especially Jade:

March 30, 2010

Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom was the one day we went into the park that it rained. Which was a bummer. Or was it… Normally we just get to watch the Lion King Show (our favorite section to sit in is the Lion Section). But not this year. This year we got to participate. Twice. Emery, Fletcher, and…

March 30, 2010

Hollywood Studios Block Party Bash

We love to enjoy the different parades at the park. But probably our favorite parade is the Hollywood Studios Block Party. It is so interactive and fun for the children. The parade stops at different points and put on a show. While you’re waiting for the show to reach you, they get the kids out…

March 21, 2010