On the go

J-man is one active boy. He is on his toes every minute, always moving, dancing and playing. I have to sit with him and entertain him with a book or an interesting object for him to rest a while. If I don't do this, he'll keep going and going and going and well, you get what I'm saying.

We had a bbq last Sunday and he was loving every minute of it. I was sitting back letting everyone have a turn playing with the man of the hour. He is one popular guy. He was having fun with his grandma's, grandpa's, cousins, aunt and best of all, dad.

I think Jonas gets a lot of his non-stop active nature from Jeremiah. They both want to be on the move, constantly doing something. I'm more laid back, but with these two, not so much anymore. They both love ramen noodles, motorcycles and skateboards. Oh and they are sporting the same wild hairstyle.

We're all a little sad because we are going to be moving soon. Mostly because Jonas grew up in this house and this is the last house Pico lived in.

Last week, we looked at the house we will be moving into and Jonas approved of it by running around, giggling in every room. He was especially fond of the stairs, which terrify me. We are going to have to make sure they stay blocked at all times and make sure he is never alone when near them.

He saw the first step, then looked up and said, "oooohhh.' That is one of his new sayings. If he sees something he likes, he'll say that and looks so amazed at whatever it is he is looking at. The move will be good because we will have more space to store our junk. He climbed up the stairs and only made it half way. His little heart was beating so hard. He then wanted to climb back down, then up again. A good thing about that is, I'll be in shape after following him up and down those stairs.

He is such a goofy boy. When we put sunglasses on him, we tell him, "look at the cool guy," and he'll say, "coo guy," lookin' all cute.

His new obsession is the hose. If we step out into the front yard, he will immediately say, "aba" (agua=water). Since it's warmer outside, we let him play in the water. He wets himself, us, the grass, our chairs, and his orange/yellow toy car.

He has also started saying hi, hola or hello to everyone he sees. Most people ignore him or may not hear him, 'cause he's so small, but he doesn't care. It hasn't stopped him from being friendly. I know that when he's bigger, he'll make friends easily.

Who wouldn't want to be friends with such a cool little guy!

Mr. Smarty Pants

With all the walking Jonas does there are times when he falls and oh, I hate to say or see it, he bonks his little head. Jeremiah and I hate it when we see it coming and we are just a few steps too late to catch him.

I always wonder how much other kids get hurt. Should we be even more careful than we already are, but then he wouldn't be free to do anything. I just hope that this is normal and that all those head bonks won't affect him in any way, shape or form.

He has now become crayon and marker crazy. The first words he says when he wakes up are always, well, "gran-pa" and then he'll say "cononing". Which means he wants a crayon, pencil, pen or marker in his hand soon. You'd better watch out if you're standing next to him while he has a marker in hand. He scribbles on anything in sight.

I'm glad he likes to color and scribble, but a lot of things around the house have become Jonas coloring pads. Even his dad's stomach has been marked.

I love how much he comunicates. He responds when I ask him stuff. "Jonas, do you want cereal?" He shakes his head no. "Do you want eggys?" He'll look at me with approval, and ask for "pan" (bread). Or he'll tell me exactly what he wants.

He asks for "aba" (water), "melk," or "appa duce" (apple juice).

Although, I think I confused him today. I told him we were going to have a snack. I cut up some watermelon and we had our snack outside. Now he thinks watermelon is called snack. He asked me for more "snack" and I handed him another piece of watermelon. I'll explain it to him later. He's so smart, I know he'll learn the correct word without much trouble.

"Fourways Farm" is Jonas' favorite animated show about a "duck, a dog and a lazy cat, a cow and a pig who's much too fat, a great big horse and three bad rats." He likes it so much, he'll sit through the entire show.

Of all the educational shows he watches, I never thought Fourways Farm would be his favorite, but what do I know, I'm just a mom. I'm already out of the cool loop and he's only a year old.

Yesterday he was trying to hang out in the bathroom while Jeremiah was trying to finish some business. I was calling him so he could let his dad have some privacy, I mentioned that fourways farm was on. He came running out of the bathroom so fast, I could hear his little footsteps stomping the floor. I felt so bad, because I just said that to get him out and the show wasn't even on. He looked at the TV screen wondering why his farmhouse friends weren't on. I now know better than to say that again, when it's not on.

The boy is getting smarter and smarter every passing day. "He's going to know more than me and I'm old," says Grandpa Jesse. "I should be teaching him, but pretty soon, he's going to be the one teaching me stuff."