Inventing Sports

Jonah loves playing sports.  We went to two birthday parties and he spent the entirety of both playing baseball, soccer and basketball!  I was quite impressed by his boldness to walk onto a basketball court to pick up a ball and start "dribbling"... in the middle of a bunch of adults shooting hoops!  Fortunately, the adults were extremely toddler-conscience and made a game of defending any little people who stepped onto the court.  Or they stopped to help Jonah dribble or shoot.  Jonah even got a few of them to throw the wiffle ball for him to bat - and made contact a few times!

Jonah doesn't stop at regulation - kid-sized versions of - sanctioned sports.  Anything involving a ball and stick will do.  He invents new games all the time at home with whatever he can find: a golf ball and stick, a paint stirrer and small plastic ball, a colander and basketball.  If he can hit with it, he will!

Favorite Things: August 2014

Radio Flyer Fold-and-Go Tricycle.  Perfect little size.  Jonah is very proud of the pedals, though they get little use.  the storage trunk, on the other hand, is its best feature.  We ride around picking upa ll sorts of rocks and sticks.  When the bike tipped over, Jonah was more concerned for his lost cargo than he was hurt.

"Iggy Peck, Architect"  Naturally.

Pillow Crashes

We hung out at Cailin and Declan's house today and had lots of fun at their playground, pool, and in the living room.

Jonah tried on a floatie and had an awesome time swimming all by himself!  Even better was the 2 1/2 ft kiddie section of the pool, where he could run around and dive into the water with the floatie catching him.  Nice for Mommy, who didn't have to be within arms reach every second.

Jonah and Declan also started a new game on the couch.  They would both lay face down side-by-side.  Grandmama would pile pillows on top until we couldn't see the boys anymore.  Then the pillows (and kids!) would come crashing down to the floor in a spectacular boom!  They must have done this a few dozen times in a row.

National Zoo

Jonah was reading his book about 100 animals on the way to the zoo, so we asked, "which animal would you like to see at the zoo?"  His answer: "ducks!"  And so we found a huge turtle pond with two ducks paddling across - and he was thrilled.

Daddy wanted to see the elephants, pandas and ferrets.  We were lucky to see the elephant and panda (which are not always out!) but the black-footed ferrets were 'coming soon'.  How disappointing!  And misleading, since all the signs pointing to the small mammal house had pictures of ferrets.  We did catch a very active armadillo, which is pretty strange to see.  Did you know armadillos had hairy armpits?  It was scurrying about like a giant bug.  Jonah was mesmerized.

For the Long Ride

We took our first long car trip to visit the cousins (and so Mommy and Daddy could go to Laura & Rob's wedding).  We didn't know how Jonah would take it, since most long trips end with screaming when he is done napping.  So the car was stocked with new toys and books, snacks, the iPad, and DVD player with toddler DVDs.  Long drives are not as easy while playing entertainment director and flight attendant, but Jonah did a good job of reading lots of books and watching Thomas sing alongs.  Much traffic later, we arrived!  Jonah and his cousins went nuts, but only for about 15 minutes before they all crashed into bed.

Old Davis Had a Farm

Jonah took Mommy and Grandmama to the petting farm!  (Yes, he took us, since adults aren't allowed without a child!)  He adored all the bunnies and was super excited to find two Starbucks!  One can only imagine the staff was trying to correct him: "this is a ferret, not a Starbuck".