The good news is that someone has taught Jonah Butler how to play Simon Says. The bad news is that his Simon only issues one command: "Simon says... touch your whole body. Simon says...touch yourself. Simon says...touch yourself again." I could make a totally awful and inappropriate joke here, but I will refrain.
Nate's Simon is equally lacking in the creativity department, but at least he is not stuck on something that sounds dirty. "Simon says...touch your ears," he begins confidently. "Simon says...um...um...Simon says...um... ... ... ... ok, Simon says, blrreahdfodlfh." "Simon says what???" I ask. "Simon says...um...mmmmmmmm...uh...Simon says touch your nose!!!!!" he crows triumphantly. I touch my nose. "Simon says....uh...uh..."
Does it get old? Actually, not really. They crack themselves and each other up, and that's always nice. They were having a great time playing Super Why games on pbskids.org earlier, and there was a lot of joint singing of the Super Why theme song. There was a rousing game of 2-brother hide-and-seek while Mommy actually read a bit of Newsweek (for once, not a euphemism for Us Weekly!) and cleaned up the kitchen.
Remind me later to post some video of Jonah doing his frenetic dance to Jai Ho. It looks like something you might get if you crossed a seizure with an acid trip, all with a huge grin. You really have to see it to believe it.
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