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Miss Joy in December

January 3, 2021 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

This little girl keeps herself busy, and keeps us entertained! She doesn’t like hats, but kept this old fireman’s hat on long enough for someone to grab a photo.23-IMG_7065

She was engrossed in the movie everyone else was watching! Can you see what she chose as a seat? It’s a 10-liter paint bucket on its side. She was actually sitting on it, though it’s hard to tell from this picture.26-IMG_7069Her daddy helped her walk in this empty potato bag.

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We found her one evening diligently scrubbing her foot with a cloth. I couldn’t quite capture her scrubbing on her foot, because she moves too fast, but she worked at it for about five minutes.4-IMG_7075Does she like pudding?

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Tired baby!07-IMG_442208-IMG_4423

She loves brushing her teeth. Any time she sees the toothbrushes, or someone brushing their teeth, she wants to do hers, too. That’s Mr. Imagination brushing his with Daddy and Miss Joy.09-IMG_0324

This is a “canoe” that Mr. Imagination built for her.10-IMG_4446

Miss Joy spent a long time carefully putting her blankie into this bucket, and then climbed in on top of it.11-IMG_444912-IMG_4452

One evening we went to the park across the road from us. Several of us played a game, and Daddy took the younger ones to the swings. Miss Joy loved the gravel under the swings!13-IMG_4467

She loves to feed the cats. Then, she helps herself, too. Esther caught her eating with them one day—putting her mouth down to pick pieces up just like the cats do. She’s such a mimic—but this is one thing I’d rather she not do!14-IMG_0336

She went into the milking shed one day and found the jar of salve we use on the cows’ teats. She had it spread liberally all over her face, arms and legs. She had pulled her pants up so she could get it all the way up to her knees. What a mess!

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Here’s a short video clip Esther got of her one evening when Mr. Diligence was playing with her. I laugh every time I watch it!

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Baby, Miss Joy, Video

Miss Joy in November

November 30, 2020 by NZ Filbruns 1 Comment

Miss Joy is as busy as ever! Almost everything she does is awfully cute. We love watching her running around investigating things—although the times when she’s getting tired and, as a result, gets into everything she shouldn’t have, are rather annoying. She’s learning to talk a little; she knows where the chocolate buttons are kept and when she thinks about them or sees that cupboard open she starts enthusiastically asking (with sign language) “Please!” Sometimes she even says “Chocolate!” She also knows how to say “Up,” and “Mom.”

I walked into the living room one day and found Mr. Sweetie and Mr. Imagination laying down playing with their animals, and Miss Joy had just flopped down to play, too.

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I found her on the couch last night, reading her book.02-IMG_6998

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She loves to eat!03-IMG_6951

Books and babies—her two favorite things to play with!04-IMG_689006-IMG_6953

She sees everyone else writing in school books, so she wants to, too. The problem is that sometimes it isn’t a schoolbook, but a library book…or the wall…or….07-IMG_6945

I don’t remember what she was laughing at here, but it must have been funny!09-IMG_6950

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Miss Joy—October 2020

November 3, 2020 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

Here are pictures of our favorite toddler in her 14th month!

We had crepes with whipped cream, sweetened yogurt, bananas and chocolate sauce for breakfast one morning. She loved that breakfast!

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She loves to climb into things. We use this crate to take our Bibles to church. As soon as it was unloaded, she sat in it.08-IMG_6867

She found my teacup on the couch one morning when I forgot to take it to the kitchen. She loves that cup!10-IMG_687021-IMG_6873

Gayle brought firewood home from the mill one day, and she helped unload it. She was handing pieces to him. Little Miss helped, too.11-IMG_6877

Gotta put the earmuffs on! The big people do!12-IMG_6862

She found her favorite big brother on the couch and had to climb on him.13-IMG_688015-IMG_688114-IMG_6860

One afternoon she was playing with her brothers in the empty section next to our house. As you can see, she found some mud!

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More of Miss Joy

September 16, 2020 by NZ Filbruns 2 Comments

Most of the photos I find on my memory card are of Miss Joy! She’s quite photogenic, in our opinion, right now.

I don’t know who took this photo—I suspect possibly Mr. Imagination.

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She loves apples—and she loves boxes and climbing!2-IMG_6658

One warm, sunny afternoon, she took off on an exploratory trip. She absolutely loves going outside, and can’t understand when we won’t let her go out (because it’s cold and wet!).

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05-IMG_6673I was quite amused one day to see her sitting in these tubs that were laying on their side!

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This is a very common sight. If she’s at all tired or hungry, she finds her blankie and brings it to me, saying, “Eye-guy-guy.”13-IMG_6691While I was reading aloud yesterday, Mr. Intellectual was laying on the couch. Miss Joy climbed on top of him and sat herself down to read a book.

06-IMG_670414-IMG_6709When her daddy came home from work and squatted down to clean his work shoes, she grabbed one of my crocs that was handy, got herself a towel, and cleaned my shoe! She quite diligently worked at it for several minutes, as long as Gayle was cleaning his shoes.

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One afternoon when she and I were the only ones at home, I was enjoying watching her play. I decided to get a quick video, just because times like that are so fleeting.

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Miss Joy, Videos

Miss Joy Turns One

August 26, 2020 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

Miss Joy had her birthday last week. We have a one-year-old again! We finally celebrated tonight; first, Esther was away, and then everyone came down with a tummy bug. Tonight, finally, enough people were feeling better that I made a pumpkin custard and we whipped some cream—two of her favorite foods. We gave her a bowlful of it and she was delighted!

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She continues to be a very busy little girl. We sure enjoy having her in our family! She loves books.

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She loves water and was thrilled to figure out that she could reach things at the sink one morning.13-IMG_661415-IMG_6616

Little Miss gave her some food—and she gave it to the cat!11-IMG_662512-IMG_6631

Escaping outside is so much fun—especially when there’s mud!18-IMG_6633She has fallen in love with dolls, especially this one, although she also lugs around the ones that are nearly her own size, too.

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05-IMG_6639She got hold of a small New Testament today. I was in another room sewing, and was showed this picture by a happy big brother.

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Miss Joy in July

August 17, 2020 by NZ Filbruns 1 Comment

I just looked over my photos from July, and most of them were of Miss Joy! Do you think we’re enjoying her?

This was just before she started walking; she figured out that she could push the crate around.

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We roasted a turkey one evening, and she was delighted to be given some of the bones.

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I made a carob cake with a fudgy frosting, and when she climbed up to the table she was delighted to find something yummy!

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One of her brothers got these pictures before he left for work one morning.

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She loves to climb into the window and look out.

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She has been eating—and loving—ice cream for months already, but this was the first time she was handed a cone of her own. She loved it!

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All worn out!

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Simon with his little sisters.26-IMG_6539

Mr. Intellectual with his little sisters.38-IMG_6548

Checking out the cat’s tail! Princess has trained her by now to leave her alone

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Yes, we took her down from here as soon as the photo was snapped! She’s rather daring.

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Toes are so fun!08-IMG_658119-IMG_6582

She loves my cup.31-IMG_6590

She discovered the piano recently.

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She likes lettuce—especially the dressing on it!35-IMG_6606

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Baby, Miss Joy

Videos for Grandma

July 18, 2020 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

Back in May, Mr. Imagination and Little Miss decided they wanted to put on a show for us. They practiced and prepared all day, holed up behind a box or two at the end of the hallway, and I wasn’t supposed to look. They presented the show to us in the evening, while their older brothers were all outside working on some project. I was instructed to take a video of the whole thing for them. My camera doesn’t work the best anymore, and drained a couple of sets of batteries during this show, but you can enjoy at least part of what they did! If the singing doesn’t sound quite on tune, just remember that this is the boy who never even attempted to sing until he was about five years old. He didn’t quite inherit his father’s talent with music, like all the other children did, but he’s making a joyful noise! As far as the skit, they had watched a video of someone reading Stone Soup aloud.

Also back in May, Miss Joy discovered the picture window. We set her up on the window seat one morning, and she was delighted to be able to look outside–and then she discovered that the glass squeaked when she rubbed her head on it! We were in stitches as she squeaked her head over and over again! She had also just learned how to wave. The other two clips are from last week, when she learned to climb up into the windowsill. She was thrilled to figure out how to open the window.

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Miss Joy, Video

May 2020 Photos

July 12, 2020 by NZ Filbruns 2 Comments

Here are the rest of our photos from May! Miss Joy is a favorite subject.

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My oldest and youngest!08-IMG_6249

Miss Joy went into Esther’s room one evening and found her crocheting bag. She spent half an hour making a mess of this ball of yarn. Then, Esther got to straighten it out! Miss Joy had fun.19-IMG_389620-IMG_3897

We cleaned up a strip of land beside our garden, which was covered in large rhododendron bushes. Esther got a picture of the end of the process. We’re now planting fruit trees in that strip.22-IMG_3909

The boys also finished cleaning out the last of the corn stalks that day.23-IMG_3912

This little girl does not like coats!

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While she was away, Esther recorded herself reading a book she had started to read to the younger ones before she left. Here they are listening to another chapter. Can you tell that Simon loves stories, too?18-IMG_635619-IMG_6361

I was pleased with the green beans I harvested from the greenhouse in mid-May!20-IMG_6368

The younger ones did art for school for a few days—just art! They loved it.25-IMG_6372

Sleeping beauty. I love holding her when she’s asleep. She doesn’t last very long that way, though; she sleeps a lot longer if I put her in her bed.27-IMG_635428-IMG_6363

She loves sourkraut!29-IMG_637531-IMG_6378

While Esther was away, Mr. Intellectual got to make the bread for the family. He was quite pleased with how this first batch turned out.33-IMG_6365

Miss Joy is in love with this blanket!38-IMG_6369

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Miss Joy, Random Photos

Miss Joy

April 18, 2020 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

Miss Joy is growing fast! At nearly 8 months, she crawls anywhere she wants to go. She stands up against anything that will support her—or not; she’s always experimenting to see what is solid and what is not. Nearly everything goes in her mouth; you have to find out if it’s edible or not! She has learned to leave the cat alone. That tail is so tempting—but the cat has made sure that Miss Joy knows she is off limits! No scratches, but there were definitely some warning slaps and growls. We’re also treated to a fast-growing repertoire of sounds, as she practices with various syllables. She has the funniest growling cackle that makes us laugh every time she does it. She was sick the last two days with a mysterious fever, which made her quite lethargic. We enjoyed the extra cuddling time, but we’re all thankful today that she’s well again, after a solid night’s sleep. I think I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: We thoroughly enjoy this baby!

I think this first picture was from early March. She was thrilled to find a window she could see out of! She likes being outside better than in the house.

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The dishwasher is such fun to explore! I have to take the cutlery basket out and put it out of reach when dishes are drying, or spoons and forks end up strewn all over the floor.1-IMG_369802-IMG_3631

She was tickled one day to find the pea vines in the bathtub planter. Peas are so yummy!06-IMG_365107-IMG_365808-IMG_3660She crawled into Esther and Little Miss’s bedroom one day and gave Esther this beautiful grin. See those two little teeth?

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Tomatoes are so delicious.29-IMG_3812

Little Miss asked Esther, “Is it all right if we share germs?”30-IMG_3822

Mr. Imagination got out the box of games and puzzles one day. It was such fun to climb over and through, and then sit up in!

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She found an apple under the table. Mr. Imagination took this first picture. I love it even though it’s blurry. Esther got two more, which are clearer, but I don’t think they’re quite so cute. The poor baby ends up stuck under the table sometimes because she can’t crawl under the benches.

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Here are a few video clips we made of her laughing. I love how she laughs so hard sometimes that she loses her balance!

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Baby, Miss Joy, Video

This Week

March 21, 2020 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

We took quite a few pictures this week! Miss Joy has been quite busy, and she is so cute we can’t resist taking pictures of her. She learned to climb up on things, and one evening she was delighted to get up on a box and find another box within reach, with delicious peaches in it! Then, she sampled the zucchinis that were next to her.

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We were given a lot of black boy peaches last week, and spent several days canning them. Isn’t canned fruit beautiful!18-IMG_3684

I came home from my trip to town this week and found these “zumpkins”. Now I know who picked them! We left the self-seeded pumpkin plants in the garden; obviously some of them were a cross between spaghetti squash and zucchini. They are good with meatloaf baked in them.

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After we got home from town, I carried Miss Joy into the house in her carseat. The next day she was playing in the living room, and climbed into it. Somehow she tipped it over on top of herself. She  wasn’t worried; she just crawled away, with the seat going with her! Someone called her a turtle.

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Mr. Sweetie was washing the kitchen floor, so I told him to turn a bench over to keep Miss Joy out of the kitchen. She immediately crawled over to it, stood up, and put her leg over it. So much for that idea!

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Storytime!

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And game time!

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While I was making lunch today, I went out to the garden to harvest veges for our stir-fry. I brought in this kale, silverbeet (Swiss Chard), basil, spring onions, and a rock melon. I told Gayle I had been to the shop. He said I’m the kind of woman who goes to the market every day. I replied that it’s sometimes several times a day! Sure enough, by the end of the day I had been out there three times, even though it was raining. This is my favorite kind of shop!25-IMG_3696

This is the stir-fry I made. Except for the chicken breast, it was all fresh from the garden. We’re eating well right now.26-IMG_3697

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Food, Garden, Miss Joy, Random Photos

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