Adventures of a Family

Jonah has made some wonderful observations and posed some intriguing questions recently. While talking about leaves falling from trees Jonah said, "Do leaves have parachutes?" While playing down in the basement Jonah found the wireless doorbell button in his horde of toys and said, "the ding dong." Hallie teased Jonah, "You are a ding dong." Jonah replied, "I'm not a ding dong mommy I'm a little boy." Jonah is kind of becoming obsessed with a couple animated movies at the moment. Though he typically only gets to watch about 20 to 30 minutes of tv a day he still chooses to watch the same video each time... Monsters Incorporated. In a quest to end his obsession (because I really can't bare to hear Billy Crystal as the voice of a one eyed little blobby monster anymore) I showed him the movie Cars. Now all he wants to know about is "What is Lighting Mcgween doing right now?" While in the stroller Jonah asked, "Do cars h...

Every day of Jonah's life is so full of new learning that I sometimes forget that others may want to know his latest knowledge and skills. And after re-reading the last few posts I realize that an update is definitely in order. Here is a short list of his latest: Words Jonah says: Cat Dog Banana (sounds like nanana) Car (sounds like a taxi driver in Brooklyn) Avocado (sounds like cado) Hi Bye Bye water (sounds like ahder) flower (sounds like ah-doe) And an entire vocabulary of nonsensical words that are strung together in elaborate phrases that amaze and confuse the listener. Physical Activity: Pull himself up to standing Push a walker Throw a ball Climb stairs Body: 14 teeth including 4 molars enabling him to eat virtually anything. over 20 pounds 28 inches tall Found his doodle and pulls enthusiastically whenever in the bat tub In addition, Jonah has assisted me with planting and watering strawberries, pushed a full size Costco shopping cart around unassisted, cleaned up the fl...