PJ Jonas – Page 139 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

An Email from Brett

Last night we left the children with sitters while Jim and I took a 6 hour shopping date. I had given Brett instructions on making dinner for everyone. When we got home, the house was peaceful and looked better than when I had left it, despite the fact that they’d eaten dinner, milked goats, and…

June 26, 2009

Shopping Spree

Jim and I went shopping last night. Just the two of us. It was very strange. And very quiet. We got to hold hands with each other – instead of chaperoning little hands across the parking lot. We got to buckle just our own seat belts. It was very quiet. We got to look at…

June 26, 2009

Disappearing Act

I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 months since my last blog post. Where did I disappear to? Well, in the past 2 months, we’ve soaped thousands of bars of soap, fed 8 hungry children daily, cared for 12 goats and shoveled all their manure, visited the Emergency Room, washed over 100 loads of laundry,…

June 26, 2009

Daddy Playground

The Jonases have a special name for nylon pants – the kind that you use for jogging suits. We call them “bubble proof pants”. “Why bubble proof pants?” you ask. I’ll tell you. The children were playing with bubbles one day. Every time the bubbles would touch something – a shirt, a counter, a hand…

April 30, 2009

Breakfast Dinners

I’ve posted before about my family’s love of having pancakes for dinner. Well, Brett tried a new twist: Yes, those are chocolate pancakes with smiley faces in them. Isn’t she a creative cook? They were REALLY popular.

April 29, 2009

How Many Kids Can a Bath Tub Hold?

We kept the baby goats in the house for a little bit before moving them into the barn. We let them sleep in the bath tub. The 3 black and white kids are Malone, Darcy, and Valient. Veanna is standing watch over them. Veanna reminds me of a child who feels like she doesn’t belong…

April 28, 2009

My Emery

Today is Emery‘s 9th Birthday, so – Happy Birthday, Spud!I’m going to take this time to brag on Emery a little bit. I can do that, because I’m his Mom. Emery is one of the “lovingest” (I know that’s not a real word) kids I know. He delights in taking care of his little sisters,…

April 28, 2009

A Crazy Start to the Day

I’ve had a few people ask if I was feeling better, so I thought I’d give a short update. I think the last thing I wrote about my health was that I was diagnosed with pleurisy and given steroids, antibiotics, and codeine. Well, a few days later, I woke up at about 5:00 am. No…

April 27, 2009

Purple Power

Indigo‘s favorite color is purple (kind of fitting for a child named Indigo, don’t you think?). Anyway, Daddy had a huge score from the garbage route for her: You gotta love purple sunglasses. (Ok, if your favorite color is purple, you gotta love purple sunglasses). And Indigo adores her them!

April 27, 2009

Louisville Bats

I was at home last week when a friend called. Someone had given them 8 tickets to a Louisville Bats’ (minor league) baseball game that night, but they couldn’t use the tickets. She wondered if we would like to use them? I had TONS of stuff to do that day, so I told her I…

April 27, 2009

Lunch Time

I had lunch with Indigo and Jade at the airport. There weren’t a lot of options to choose from. Indigo said she wanted pizza so I ordered two slices at Sbarro. When they came I thought to myself, “Hmmmm… probably should have just gotten one.” But you know what? They both ate them except for…

April 15, 2009

Child Training

One of the ways we get our house to run is for everyone to pitch in and help with the work – even the youngest children. Sometimes that works really well. Sometimes it just makes more work. One of the easiest jobs for Hewitt, Indigo, and Jade to do is cleaning off the table and loading…

April 15, 2009

Date Night

Well, it has been an exhausting week. Thursday morning the last of the April goat kids were finally born (I’ll get photos up later). Twins – 1 buckling and 1 doeling, both adorable and healthy. But the best part about Thursday morning kids is that Jim and I got to enjoy our Thursday evening date…

April 11, 2009

Finally!

I finally went to bed last night just after midnight. I set the alarm for 2:00 am. At 2:00 I wobbled my way out to the barn. Nothing. Set the alarm for 4:00 am. At 4:00 Jim wobbled his way out to the barn. Nothing. Jim set the alarm for 5:00 am (he didn’t realize…

April 6, 2009

Kid Watch

Well, it is going to be a long night because I am on kid watch. I have three goats that are all due this weekend. I’ve been out checking goat bellies and goat butts for several days now. Gestation on a goat is 150 days, but they can deliver plus or minus five days from their…

April 3, 2009