A couple of weeks ago, the family went apple picking. When we got there, I took the little girls to the bathroom and Jim sent Colter to find out what kinds of apples were available for picking (fuji apples are our favorite ones to pick). Colter returned with the news that there were no more […]
The three girls were snuggling in bed with us this morning. Indigo was with me and Brett and Jade snuggled with Jim. Jade: “Dad, you have one child.” Dad: “What about Brett?” Jade: “ok, you have two kids, but that’s all.” Dad: “Their names are Brettcoleemeryfletcher and Greyhewittindigojade.” Jade: “No! Just Jade and Brett.” Indigo: […]
We were snuggling in bed this morning and Indigo was wearing these pajamas: She sat up, looked at Jim, and pointed at her backside. Indigo: “Dad, what is the fancy name for this?” Jim (perplexed): “A frog?” Indigo (shaking her head): “No, the fancy name for this?” (more pointing) Jim: “What’s the fancy name for […]
As many of you know, we’re taking a much anticipated (and much needed) vacation at the ocean in North Carolina. All ten Jonases love the ocean. We spend hours and hours in the water and on the sand. We do come into the house periodically to eat and sleep, but that’s about it. Due to Hurricane […]
When I was Jade’s age, there were no personal computers. There were no cell phones or iPods or iPads. There weren’t even any VCR’s, let alone Blu-Ray players. The children are all very adept with modern technology, but I guess I didn’t realize how much until this week on vacation. I brought my iPad with […]
Early tomorrow morning we leave for a two week vacation. We are all very excited. Really. Really. Excited! But I think Jade is just a little bit sad that Ginger won’t be coming with us. If you don’t know, Ginger is Jade’s cat that thinks she’s a dog. She’s very patient and loving with Jade. […]
The weather here has been gorgeous lately. (Nope, hurricane Irene didn’t reach us here in Indiana.) We’ve had hot days, cooler nights, and low humidity. We took advantage of the lovely weather to exercise outside. I thought you’d enjoy watching part of our “sprint 8” session. We basically sprint for 30 seconds then walk for […]
I was headed out to the soap room today, but when I spotted Jade, I had to run back inside and grab my camera. Apparently she was concerned about the goats being thirsty. They have an automatic waterer, but we keep this bucket for when it is extra hot. Jade filled it up with fresh, […]
The other day I got an email inviting the family to come swim at a local lake with some friends. The invite was last minute (the way I like them), so I told her we would try. I gathered the children together and made a big announcement that we could go swimming at the lake […]
Indigo and Jade have been having difficulty keeping their room clean lately. It’s been causing Brett a lot of despair because she cleans it and they wreck it. So she cleans it. And then they wreck it. Yesterday, Jim told the girls they had to stay in their room and clean it. He was very […]
On our recent trip to St. Louis, we had to stop at a rest stop. Whenever we stop, the children always run around and stretch their legs. If we’re in a parking lot, without a safe place to run, we just do 50 jumping jacks as a family. It’s usually quite a spectacle, and yes, […]
My children adore swimming, but for some reason, we haven’t had a chance to swim once this summer. So we packed the children up… … and we rectified that today! Jade kept coming up to me every 2 minutes and giving me the little hopeful look and saying, “Mom […]
Did you know that we once got to “babysit” dogs for a few months? Yep! We took care of two Great Pyrenees dogs – Alex and Shelby. Great Pyrs are livestock guardian dogs for the goats. But we just liked to play with them. Unfortunately, they also like to roam, and our 3 acres weren’t enough […]
We were going to go out one evening, so I got the girls ready in pretty dresses (that they picked out) and did their hair. I came in a little while later to discover this: Me: “WHAT happened to your hair?!?!?” Indigo: “We fixed it!”
We haven’t dyed Easter eggs in a long time. But this year, Mom surprised us and bought eggs for us to dye. Now, that might not sound like a big deal to some of you, but she didn’t buy just a couple of eggs. She bought 8 dozen eggs!! That was a dozen for each […]