We mentioned the new goat collars in the post about our goat photoshoot, but we didn’t explain why the collars all look different, and why that’s important. When we were talking about getting collars for our goats, we realized that we could use them as a tool. We figured out a system, and now, just […]
We’ve had the Beast for a while now, and it was getting really dirty. Because of the wrap (the pictures) we can’t take it to a car wash – not that it would fit in there anyway. So Dad told the kids one hot summer day that it was time to clean the Beast. “First […]
If you’ve been around our blog a while, you’ve probably discovered our Youngest Person Rule. I was looking through the camera* the other day and found these pictures of the Youngest Person Rule in action. For those of you who don’t know, the Youngest Person Rule means that the youngest person capable of doing the job […]
The other day, we had a delivery (Graeter’s ice cream, yumm!!) that included some dry ice. After making sure the kids understood that they couldn’t touch the dry ice, they were allowed to do what they wanted with it. They wanted to touch the fog, to feel how cold it was. They wanted to pour it […]
The other day, we were all in the soaproom getting our work done, and we couldn’t find Indigo. We weren’t sure if she was hiding in the house, or in the barn, but she wasn’t in the retail room, which is where she usually is if she’s in the soaproom. Imagine how surprised Mom was […]
We get asked lots of questions when we’re doing farm tours, selling soap at craft fairs, or simply running errands. Since most of those answers are heard only by the person who asked, we decided to share some of the common questions here on the blog. And of course you can ask a question of your own! “Indigo, what is […]
When they painted our bedrooms, we were that much closer to living in our bedrooms. We still needed carpet, lights, switches, trim, doors, and a whole lot more, but the rooms were very colorful. Which made all of us beyond excited!
Since we did our handprints in the concrete at the soaproom, Mom wanted us to put our footprints on the barn’s porch. (Mom also suggested we do butt prints on the porch of the house, but Dad said no. LOL) First, Ramblyn put the “broom finish” on the concrete – basically, going over the concrete […]
Jim and I met at The University of Virginia, so Thomas Jefferson is very important to us. Here is an interesting fact – Thomas Jefferson was born on Jim’s birthday (April 13) and died on Jade’s birthday (July 4). I always post the children’s birthday photos, and they insisted that I post Daddy’s birthday photos as […]
One morning the two little girls climbed into bed with Dad, wanting some snuggle time before they had to get ready for the day. At some point, they started talking about how Jade has bangs and Indigo doesn’t. Jade said, “Indigo wants to have bangs.” Dad said, “Well, bangs look good on Jade, and no […]
Here on the Goat Milk Stuff farm, we got a lot of snow this winter. A couple of months ago, it was particularly nasty. There were 3-4 inches of snow that had frozen completely solid, a sheet of ice on top making it almost impossible to walk anywhere. Fortunately, the next day it snowed again, […]
Since it’s been so cold for the past couple of weeks, our creek is frozen solid. (Yes, completely solid.) So the kids decided that they wanted to have a little fun. What started as tossing an empty water bottle around on the ice turned into ice hockey, using an old water bottle and some sticks. […]
All the Jonas children are very hard workers and have a lot of responsibilities. Indigo (7) and Jade (6) have been doing their own laundry (with our laundry soap) for several years. In this adorable video, they tell you all about it! I’ve said it before, but I just have to say it again. They’re […]
All of the videos we have been recording lately have provided lots of material for bloopers. I didn’t even realize they had some of this stuff on tape, but it’s pretty funny. Which is your favorite blooper?
Getting our children to stop sucking their thumbs has always been a chore for me. Brett was easy and decided to stop on her own. Colter and Emery used pacifiers, which I took away from them when they were about a year old. After 2 nights of crying for each of them, they were over […]