Fun and Friends and Acton Children's Museum

Today we went to the Children's Discovery Museum in Acton with Tracey and her son Wyatt and Pauline and Ellery.

Before we left, we were at home and Jonah wanted to "go play in backyard!" since it was a sunny beautiful day. I was trying to convince him to go in the car so I told him Ellery was going. He remembered that the last time we got together with Ellery, she yelled, "NO!" loudly and so he told me, "Ellery says NO!" I said that she was just in a bad mood that day and he repeated "Ellery in a bad mood".

We got there, had a ball (literally-- there's a "ball room"), also in the water room where a big bubble wraps around you and in lots of other rooms. At one point, I panicked since I couldn't find Jonah. He had climbed up to the next level by himself and was just doing his own thing. That guy! He loves being where noone else is and being Mr. Independent.

In the car on the way home, he had a bag of fishies and I reached my hand back to get them from him but instead he gave me a foot! He didn't want to give those fishies up!

Trip to "The Fountain Store"

Today we walked to the garden shop near us, which Jonah likes to refer to as "The Fountain Store". After looking around a bit at fountains and plants, he said that he wanted to go in the bushes. He "hid" himself among the bushes and said, "Jonah makin' a nice poopy in bushes". "Mommy go look at fountain ovah deyah." (he didn't want me to watch him pooping). I took a few steps away and pretended to be looking at a flower nearby. I exclaimed what a beautiful flower it was and he came out from the bushes to repeat, "what a beautiful flowah".

I told him we had to go home to change his poopy diaper and he said, "sit in strolla with poopy diapah."

Bedtime

Mommy: What are you doing? (he's looking out the window)

Jonah: Checking the weather. See if it's raining.

Mommy: It's time to go to bed

Jonah: Goodnight weather.

Jonah: Goodnight beautiful day.

In bed:

Mommy: Good night Jonah I Love you.

Jonah: I wuv you. Boys say dat.

Fork Lift

Given Jonah's utter love for all tractors, trucks and construction vehicles, we got him a little gift of a fork that is shaped like a tractor. He picked it up, looked at it, and said, "FORK LIFT!"

Learning to Sing

Jonah has been practicing singing lately.
Yesterday in the car, I had the country music station on and Jonah was in the back going "La lalalal lalala". I asked what he was doing and he said "singing!"
He can also sing "Twinkle Twinkle" in it's entirety but usually waits til he's alone in his crib to do it.
He makes requests for me to sing certain songs like "Baby Mine". He then can sing "Baby Mine don't you cry..."

Showing his independence but still a softie at heart

True story: Put J. down for a nap and he says, "Mommy get out!" So I abruptly leave, close the door and hear through the door: "I wuv you mommy".

Funny Jonah-isms

-- "Water came out of penis!"
-- "No go in store, go down stairs and see animals." (at Wilson's Farm)

-- "Mommy's name "Uweeezah"!

-- "Want it. Need it. Have it. Buy it!"

-- "Please..." "Please can I have it?"

-- When Juliet tries to give him a hug he says, "No thank you" and turns his cheek.

-- "Bunny have two ears and bunny have two eyes"

-- "Tractors can't fly, boats can't fly, trucks can't fly..." "Trucks go on the road!"

-- "Mommy and Jonah go on airplane to visit Tata and Saba and Cosetty"

-- Things that make Jonah laugh: "Car decorated like cake", "Give mommy rasp-bewy on shoulder", "

-- "That guy!" referring to anyone of interest nearby (1-2 feet)

-- "Knock down daddy's tower; daddy be crying crying"

-- "Don't fall in flowers! Be crying crying"

-- "Only mommies daddies go in de-ah [there]"
--"Only workmen go in de-ah" (in tractors, offices, etc.)