"Mommy," Jonah asked, "Do you want to hear a story about Jonah and Natey?"
"Of course!" I enthused. We were in the car on our way to Target, as always.
"Once upon a time," Jonah intoned, "there was a little boy named Nate. And there was also a little boy named Jonah. And they had a bed. And they jumped on the bed and the bed broke! And they sat on a basket and tried not to cry. And then they bought a new bed. And then they jumped on the basket and the basket broke! And then they bought a new basket. And then they jumped on the lamp and the lamp broke! And then they bought a new lamp. And that is a story about Nate and Jonah!"
Is it possible I need to start teaching them that new beds, baskets and lamps do not grow on trees?
This is something they should know anyway, as we have been playing tons of Allowance lately, a very fun Lakeshore Learning game. Allowance is like Monopoly without all the bothersome decision-making; you just go around the board and either collect money for doing chores or having a birthday, or you return money to the bank for buying stuff or forgetting to return your library books. Just like real life. It's entirely based on chance, which is why it's hard to understand why Jonah always, always wins. It's like he has a sixth sense for rolling the die to land on the coveted "receive $5" space.
Tonight another exciting game event took place when Nate Scrabbled for the very first time. He was pretty good at it, and he really enjoyed it; after figuring out that he could make the word "go" to start the game, he was thrilled to add up the points. "Oh!" he exclaimed. "It's a math game, too!" Gee, I never thought of it that way!
(Also, try playing with a kindergartener just starting out when you keep pulling letters like z, q, and j, with usable triple word scores dangling in front of you, and holding yourself back. I guarantee you Daddy would not have hesitated before racking up his biggest score ever, but I managed to refrain from using Nate's pieces for setup).
In other letter news, the H brothers are starting to drop some of the superfluous Hs they like to add to the beginning of words. Jonah has long enjoyed playing with hairplanes, but we're noticing that he occasionally plays with airplanes now. And I bet before this winter is over, he will no longer be using a humbolla to keep himself dry. This breaks my heart as much as when leyo suddenly become yellow.
Nate, thankfully, still uses his newscaster's voice for a certain word. "Jonah," he might offer, "you can huse the red one, and I'll huse the blue one!" I have no idea where that came from, but I do enjoy it.
Lastly, and I apologize if I already blogged this (but I can't find it and really don't want to forget it), but I have to make sure I sent a shout-out to Jonah for best use of skater lingo. The other day (week?), we were coming in the house, and he was, as always, pokying along while I was carrying 800 lunchboxes, backpacks, sweatshirts, diaper bags, sippy cups, books, and other abandoned items from the car. "Come on, Jonah, let's go!!" I might have said a bit too irritated-like. "I just coming!!" Jonah said equally annoyed-edly. Then he turned around, shot me a dirty look, and added, "DUDE!!!!!"
He was so right.
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