PJ Jonas – Page 151 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Triplets in the Tub

Since I posted photos of Izzie and Jasmine in the kitchen, I figured I should also post a photo of Lily, Mike, and Nicki in the tub. They were sundgau triplets born to Dayton and as cute as can be (especially Nicki, the tiny one)! Yes, they did spend the night in the tub. And…

April 22, 2008

LaLa

A good friend of ours knitted a doll for Indigo for her birthday. Indigo is very much a “girly girl” and instantly fell in love with the doll. That evening Jim asked her, “Do you like your doll?” Indigo vigorously nods head. “Does your doll have a name?” Indigo slowly and thoughtfully nods head. “What…

April 16, 2008

Hats Everywhere

Remember one of my earliest posts about the square dance we attended? If not – I dressed everybody up to look like cowboys (or “country hicks” as I preferred to lovingly call them). Since then, we seem to have a cowboy hat fetish going around. Now, normally Mom would put an instant stop to that.…

April 16, 2008

Home Made Bagels

When we lived in New Jersey – we used to eat a LOT of bagels. But there is not a decent bagel place in all of Indiana, I’m convinced. So I decided I had no choice but to make my own. It really wasn’t very difficult. Homemade Bagel Recipe In the Evening: In mixer place:Warm…

April 2, 2008

Yes, That is a Goat in my Kitchen

Is it that unusual to have a goat in your kitchen? Not to us! This is Izzie. She is about 6 hours old in these photos. Baby goats are just so much fun! Indigo and Hewitt think they are the absolute best toys ever. It is really funny when their feet slide out from under…

April 2, 2008

Pretty Hair

Indigo has discovered “hair things” She goes a little overboard.

April 2, 2008

Jade

I was recently reminded that my youngest child often gets overlooked in the photo department. She’s very cute, but she definitely doesn’t demand attention like the older children. So far, she’s pretty mellow. But she is crawling now, so she’s going to start getting into heaps of trouble, I’m sure. Here she is in her…

April 2, 2008

Wrestling

My boys like to wrestle. (Wow, what an understatement.) A couple of months ago, we saw an article in our local paper. It said that our town was having a 5 week wrestling clinic. We took the plunge and signed the boys up. Ok – I’m the mom – but they are really good at…

April 2, 2008

Easter Outfits

Grandma got all the children Christmas outfits. I was supposed to get their portraits taken, but…, well…., ummm…, I didn’t. So – here they are. A little late, I know. Sorry, Grandma. But don’t they look adorable?

April 2, 2008

Surprise!

I remember a time when Jim and I used to do some spontaneous things. Nothing major. But we were free to act on an impulse. That has changed since adding 8 children and farm animals to our lives. There is just not a lot of room for spontaneity. But we decided to get spontaneous and…

March 22, 2008

I’m Back

Sorry for the long absence – but life happened! I’ll try to get back to posting regularly as I’ve had some gentle (and some not so gentle) requests.

March 22, 2008

How Do They Come Up With This Stuff?

I simply will never understand how the young male mind works. (This is not the time to discuss older male minds) The older four boys were all outside playing, while Hewitt played inside. Hewitt tried to go outside. I assumed he was going to play with the other boys. Nope, “Me just going pee.” Side…

December 18, 2007

You Put the Tooth WHERE?

Emery lost another tooth! When people hear that my children lose teeth, the first question always asked is, “What did the tooth fairy give you?” I have a confession, I don’t do the whole tooth fairy thing – I think that must have been created by people with only 2 children at most! So inevitably…

December 18, 2007

Quick – Get the Shop Vac!

A large group of friends were arriving on Sunday at 6:00 to sing Christmas Carols with us. We had the house clean (well, as clean as we can get it ). We had food ready. We had children bathed. It was 5:55 and all we had left to do was get the hot chocolate going…

December 18, 2007

You Put in How Much??

On Sunday we had a large group of friends over to sing Christmas carols. The children were all cooking and baking their little hearts out. On this particular cooking marathon, Colter learned a valuable lesson. Our piano teacher had given us some friendship bread starter. Colter had successfully divided the starter and was making two…

December 17, 2007