PJ Jonas – Page 142 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Disney World Bound!!

After months of waiting, our Disney vacation has finally arrived. I’ll try to post some photos while we’re here (and I have REALLY fast internet). On the way to the airport: At the airport: Jim in the shuttle on the way to the hotel: Did I mention that I got a seat all by myself…

January 23, 2009

Soap Suds

In the soap room we lay towels down underneath our molds, so that when we pour the raw soap into the molds, any spills land on the towels. It had been quite a while since the towels were washed and they were pretty covered in soap. So when I put them in the laundry, I…

January 6, 2009

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

Mr. Sweetland had some clothes that he thought would be perfect for us. He was right. Greyden took one look at it and claimed it for his own. Fortunately there were two, so Fletcher got one also. I was taking pictures of the two of them, and Indigo decided she needed to be in on…

January 6, 2009

2008 is Almost Over

We have to sell soap tomorrow morning, so we’re being very lazy and not staying up to celebrate New Year’s. But while we’re sitting here, I thought I’d share some of the children’s highlights from 2008. Brett: soap shows Emery: selling soap Indigo: selling soap Emery: getting presents Jim: Patriots/Giants superbowl Indigo: getting presents (OK,…

January 1, 2009

Where Did We Get You?

Indigo is awake (convinced it is morning) and sitting here with Jim and me. She’s being really cute. Jim was teasing her and asked her, “Where did we get you?” Her response? “From my bedroom.” Yep, she’s a keeper.

January 1, 2009

Bragging

OK – normally I brag about my children. But tonight I have to brag about my website – www.goatmilkstuff.com. Last month I typed “goat milk soap” into the google search engine. Then I went searching for our website. I finally found us… on page 21. Not good. Tonight I went searching for us again. Started on…

January 1, 2009

What is THAT??

I was cleaning up the living room the other day and happened to flip up a couch cushion. Any guesses as to what I found? Amongst all the crumbs and lint and crumbs and small toys and crumbs and pencils and crumbs and junk, was a half eaten popcorn ball. Yep. And it wasn’t a…

December 27, 2008

Singing Christmas Carols

Last year we invited a bunch of friends over to sing Christmas carols. We had such a great time, we decided to turn it into an annual event. Last year we just sang a capella. But this year it was a Christmas caroling “ho-down”. We had such a blast. Brett and Emery had so much…

December 27, 2008

Oh Christmas Tree

Normally we go and chop down our own Christmas tree from our neighbor’s woods. But it has been a rather busy December and a VERY wet one. So we decided we might be better served in just buying a tree this year. We got really smart (it was bound to happen eventually) and got a…

December 27, 2008

Pants Trouble

One of the children has a little bit of trouble putting his pants on correctly. In this case he also forgot to put on underwear. I won’t mention the culprit by name, but I will admit that it wasn’t Cole, Emery, Fletcher or Greyden I also won’t post the picture of when he reached across…

December 27, 2008

One Slushy, Eight Children

How do you share a single slushy amongst these eight children? Like this (note the anticipation and finger sucking going on): Unfortunately, it’s hard to get all 8 heads on the eight straws at the same time. This was about the best we could do: They still enjoyed it!

December 27, 2008

My December

Wow, December is almost over. Sorry I didn’t post very much, but I spent the entire month selling soap. And in my spare time I had eight children to raise. And a household to run. And a husband. Oh, and I think there may have been a holiday in there somewhere. It was a busy…

December 27, 2008

Just the Girls

Grandma sent some photos from the girls’ weekend in Florida. Brett is getting so OLD. Look at her – she’s not a little girl anymore. Here she is being lazy 😉 sitting around letting all the adults sell the soap: And here is a photo of Indigo sitting patiently waiting for us to get the…

December 1, 2008

I Thought YOU Were Watching Her

Generally as a mom, I don’t like to hear the words – “I thought YOU were watching her.” It usually signals trouble. What kind of trouble? This kind of trouble: What is that? I’ll tell you. It’s half a jar of peanut butter all over Jade. It apparently makes you very thirsty: Then it makes…

December 1, 2008

Not Bad for 3:00 AM

Grandma flew me and Brett and Indigo to Florida a few weekends ago to sell soap at her community craft fair. Since she got the tickets she got us a “nice” early flight so we could spend as much time with her as possible. Of course, that meant we had to get out of bed…

November 30, 2008