Work Hard. Get Dirty. Use Good Soap.
When Greyden was a baby, his nickname was “fat and happy” because he was such a jolly, chubby baby and toddler. I’m so pleased that even though he’s outgrown most of his baby fat, he remains a jolly, happy kid. His happiness is infectious – he has a giggle that makes me smile every time [...]
We have about thirty soap types that we keep available year round. Because there are lots of other good scents, we rotate them in and out so they are available once a year. We refer to them as limited edition soaps. January’s limited edition soap is hazelnut. February’s limited edition will be chocolate (for Valentine’s [...]
Thor and Baxter are settling in at the farm and doing great. Right now they are living in a stall by themselves. Their outside run is adjacent to the goats’ run, so the goats and dogs can see each other and touch noses through the fence. Right now, the goal is to make Thor [...]
We are protective of our children while they are still young and need us to protect them. As they mature they are given the opportunity to test themselves and their beliefs while still under the protection of our household. We try very hard to be protective, but not cross the line to becoming overprotective. During [...]
Meet the newest members of the Goat Milk Stuff family! Thornton and Baxter are registered Great Pyrenees brothers who will be guarding the goats (and the children) at the new property. Jim isn’t thrilled with the prospect of having two very large dogs (they’ll be around 150 pounds each), but the goats need some protection [...]
As many of you know, Fletcher broke his leg this summer and has been wearing a cast. He has less than two weeks left and I have been very pleased with how well he has done. There has been very little complaining this entire time. The fact that he has a waterproof cast and can [...]
Several weeks ago, I finished the book, “Write it Down, Make it Happen”. The author, Henriette Klauser, believes there is something “magical” (my word) that happens when you commit something to writing. This “magic” can be attributed to the inner workings of the brain. At the base of the brain stem, about the size of [...]
I want to raise children that have a strong work ethic. I think laziness is so destructive to our personal success, especially when it comes to our careers and our relationships. It takes hard work to succeed in both those areas. I use chores to build a strong work ethic into my children. It isn’t [...]
You may remember that we had a big video thing the other day. (It’s still a secret what it was for, but I’m hoping I can reveal it in the next few weeks.) We spent all week preparing for it. We cleaned up, bought new clothes, and got new flowers for the front porch hanging [...]
When Greyden was a baby, we called him “fat and happy”. He’s outgrown the chubby part, but fortunately he’s kept the happy part. He’s an incredibly hard work and mostly works with a big smile on his face! Get to know Greyden better and what he does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching his video: [...]
Birthdays at the Jonas house start very early in the morning. Jim leaves for work at 6:30, so we are supposed to have our morning birthday celebration finished by then. Although I admit, we don’t usually make it. Since everyone was awake but Greyden, Jim went in and woke him up like this: Jim: “Good [...]
Yesterday was Greyden‘s birthday. I was going to write about Greyden turning 5, so I started looking through the photos that I took yesterday. I got to this photo and had to stop. (If you can’t see the photo well, click on the photo, and a bigger version should open). Will you LOOK at that [...]
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