PJ Jonas – Page 97 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

How Am I Smart with Dr. Kathy Koch II

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 056.On last week’s episode, I discussed the concept of multiple intelligences with Dr. Kathy Koch, author of the book “How Am I Smart? A Parent’s Guide to Multiple Intelligences*” and the website www.CelebrateKids.com. If you missed that episode, the concept is that there are 8 basic ways that people learn. Every person…

January 9, 2014

Why We Use Soybean Oil in Some of Our Soaps

People have heard me say that I don’t feed my family soy products and I don’t feed my goats soybeans. So I am occasionally asked, “Why then do you use soybean oil in your soaps that your children use on their skin?” There are several reasons: 1. We use organic soybean oil. We do not…

January 8, 2014

How To Use Shaving Soap

Many men have only used shaving cream to shave. In this video, Emery learns how to use our shaving soap to shave Jim. Please be aware that even though we didn’t show the entire thing, Emery actually did shave Jim for the first time ever. (And yes, he was very nervous! LOL)

January 7, 2014

Solid Lotion For Dry Skin And Cracked Hands

It is that time of year when winter weather is wreaking havoc on people’s skin. I initally created our lotion stick for my husband’s dry knuckles during this time of year. You can learn more about our solid lotions in this video: Have you tried our solid lotions yet?

January 6, 2014

Kids Cooking – Peanut Butter Cups

I admit it – one of my absolute favorite dessert combinations is chocolate and peanut butter. If I’m going to indulge (or over-indulge), chocolate and peanut butter is definitely my weakness. Fletcher, it seems, also shares my weakness because his favorite dessert to make is homemade peanut butter cups. He loves to make them and…

January 3, 2014

How Am I Smart with Dr. Kathy Koch I

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 055.My husband got his Master’s Degree in Teaching. One of the things I remember him studying was “Multiple Intelligences” and “Learning Styles”. I admit, I didn’t really pay much attention to it back then, but I picked up enough to learn that different children learn differently. That seemed like…

January 2, 2014

January 2014 Soap Contest – Now Closed

***Now Closed*** It’s time for another Goat Milk Stuff contest. This contest is a little bit different because we’re going to ship 4 bars of goat milk soap and a lip balm to you AND we will ship 4 bars and a lip balm directly to a friend of your choice. We will randomly choose…

January 1, 2014

Our 2013 Blessings

It’s that time of year again. Time to list all of the things that happened in 2013 that we are thankful for. Our new house Our new barn The dogs (Thor and Baxter) The soaproom New rabbits Baby rabbits Chickens and Fresh eggs That God is with us Christmas party with friends NMX trip to…

December 31, 2013

How To Help Dry Knuckles

If you’ve been with Goat Milk Stuff long, you’ve probably heard me say that when I first started making our goat milk soap, I initially made it for the children, because I did not want a bunch of chemicals on their skin. But when I put the soap in the shower, Jim’s fingers stopped cracking and splitting.…

December 30, 2013

Kids Cooking – Quinoa Black Bean Stew

We have a lot of friends who are vegan. So I try to have some good vegan recipes on hand for when they come over. One of our favorite vegan meals is a black bean stew with quinoa (pronounced “keen – wah”). As with most of our crockpot meals, it’s a great recipe for kids…

December 27, 2013

How to Teach Your Children to Work

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 054.During the previous two episodes I discussed work ethic with Eric Chester, author of the book Reviving Work Ethic.* Those episodes sparked some good conversations, but it also resulted in several questions from parents asking how I actually taught my toddlers and young children to work. During this episode, I…

December 26, 2013

Merry Christmas From The Jonas Family

Several years ago, we put together this Christmas video. It’s a little “rough”, but it makes me laugh and smile every time I watch it. I hope it brings some holiday cheer to your life!

December 25, 2013

How To Celebrate Christmas the Jonas Way

Christmas is a celebration of the greatest gift ever given to mankind – Jesus! We celebrate this gift by giving our time, talent, and stuff; but we also celebrate by loving each other through our favorite activities. As one of our 25 Holiday events, we watched “Miracle on 34th Street” with the children. In the movie,…

December 24, 2013

Happy 11th Birthday, Greyden!

It’s Greyden’s Golden Birthday – he turned eleven on the eleventh! We were able to enjoy our birthday tradition of breakfast birthday cake and hugs from every member of the family. Brett’s hug for Greyden is always extra exuberant. Because he was born on the 11th and she was born on the 13th, he came home…

December 23, 2013

Kids Cooking – Breakfast Birthday Cake

We generally don’t make a big fuss about birthdays around here, but we do have several traditions that are important to us. One of our birthday traditions is to start the day with Breakfast Birthday Cake. Emery has been trained to safely cook, and usually volunteers to make it the day before it is needed. We usually make…

December 20, 2013