Happy Hanukah!

Mommy doesn't have a penis and other discoveries

Well, I guess it was bound to happen....
Today was the day. Jonah saw me getting dressed, came over and said, "Mommy has a penis". I told him I didn't have a penis, that only boys have penises. He tried to get a closer look, and then he proclaimed, "Mommy has a poopy there!"
Later in the day (hours later), he repeated to Sam that, "Mommy doesn't have a penis".

At dinner, Sam was drinking beer and Jonah asked to have some of it. Sam said no. Then moments later, Jonah saunters over to Sam's seat and said, "Hi Daddy, what are you drinking?" Ah, so smooth.

"That is how it works"...

"First the leaves fall off the trees, then it gets cold out and then the snow falls and then we get our boots on and play in the snow." (and that is how it works, according to Jonah).

Also, at music class this week, Paula asked, "What is something that goes turning in your heart?" Jonah yelled out, "A big wheel!" (that is how the song goes). He was the only kid in the room who said anything (and there are a lot of older kids).

Letter to Jonah at 2 yrs, almost 2 weeks

Jonah,

You came into our lives, and we were forever changed in ways we never could have expected.

As an infant, you were a colicky, covered in eczema adorable mess. You kept your mommy busy with nursings every two hours round the clock for 8 months. At 8 months, with your already 4 teeth (two on top, two on bottom), you started biting me when I nursed you and that was that. Magically, the eczema and crankiness totally disappeared. Ah, if only we would have known it was all the eggs! Sorry!!! Since then, you have been a complete delight, in every way.

You have always been advanced and early in every way-- you started getting teeth at 4 months, walked on your own at 10 mos (on our two year anniversary trip to Boothbay!), started talking before you were a year old...full sentences before two.... potty training before two.... the list goes on.

You are such an independent, spirited little boy. Yesterday, you got a present for your birthday of a truck that has big screws you can unscrew with a big power drill. You sat on the kitchen floor, I swear, for an hour determined to figure out how to do it "all by yourself". The only time you got frustrated was when I asked if I could help you. Sure enough, you did figure it out and were screwing and unscrewing those screws the rest of the night. (Thanks Pauline and Ellery!) :)

You love singing and have developed quite a repertoire. Your favorite thing to do is sit with your guitar (you call it "catar") and play and sing. You know all the words to the ABC song, Baba Black Sheep, The Rainbow Connection, Somewhere over the rainbow, and songs you sing at school like the Bubble Gum song.

You are still not very cuddly, but yesterday when I had to run out to the store and daddy was putting you to bed you gave me my fist real kiss on the cheek. It was by far the highlight of my week!!!

You have such amazing intuition about people and places. You also have an amazing memory. You recognize places we have only been to one time, and remember details about that time, like a parking lot or a restaurant we ate at once. When I passed by a friends house, you told me that I passed by it! Boy oh boy! I better watch out! At the playground yesterday, there were a lot of older wild kids and you walked off on your own and kicked through the fall leaves, happily. You told me when you are bigger you will play with the stuff the big kids were playing on. You explained how when the leaves were done falling it would be winter time and then we would have snow. You remembered this from when I told you that one time many weeks ago.

Although you are really starting to test your dad and me, we love you for it. We know you just want to do everything by yourself and we are trying as best we know how to let you.

My most favorite thing in the world is holding your hand in mine. The way your hand feels- so soft, so little, so innocent and trusting. I love it when you want to hold my hand. It's such a privilege and I feel like the luckiest mom in the entire world to have you for my son. I know your daddy feels the same way.

You have made me a more patient person, a more grateful person, and a more loving person. You have tested my boundaries, and taught me that love has none.

I love you with all of my heart.

Hugs and kisses,
Mommy

Acting like a two year old (in a good way!!!)

Today, Jonah was virtually potty trained. He came home from school early, after lunch (since I brought in cupcakes to celebrate). He immediately said that he wanted to go poop on the potty, and he did just that. Then, the rest of the day, he asked to use the potty every time he went pee. His diaper stayed dry all day!!!

He decided at bedtime that he wanted to read ME the stories, so he picked the books, and one by one went page by page, repeating almost verbatim what he had heard us read. He read the "Are you My Mother" book and at the end said, "I know who you are, you are my mommy and I love you very much!" (this is how it ends), and then turned to me and said the same thing.

Singing!

Jonah has been singing A LOT lately!
He often takes out his play guitar and sings while strumming. So far, we've heard all these songs in their entirety:
-Rainbow Connection
-Somewhere over the Rainbow
- I've been working on the Railroad
- Ba Ba Black Sheep
-Alphabet Song

He also tries his best to get the words from all the different songs he hears on the stereo/CDs. It's hysterical to watch!