Jonathan Day 74

It was a really great day.  JH and Da Da went to Mishawaka in the morning to return the size 3T winter coat we bought for him last week.  After we got home we tried it on him and quickly realized it JUST fit.  So since he has gained 4 pounds and grown more than 1 inch since we got him we got a 4T just to be sure.

They had lunch at the mall and Da Da said JH kept taking his shoes off and a few times Da Da had to backtrack to find his shoe(s).  He is so funny in the car, five minutes after we get in we start hearing the Velcro.  We got him some shoes with laces and I started tying them around his ankles since the double knots don't work.  He figures-out  how to get any shoe off his feet.  I'm tempted to start using duct-tape :-P  Now, we tell him if he takes his shoes off we'll go home and not get to go the the park, or store, or to eat.  We have only used it once and it worked.  The thing about JH is what works today usually fails after a week or so.

In the afternoon I was able to step away from work for a bit to play with JH in the yard while Da Da cleared more brush.  We have reclaimed almost 100 ft of weeds and small trees over the last year.  We had no idea that there was a concrete foundation buried under trees and weeds.  Once we found it last year we cleared it for the chicken coop.  Now Da Da is planning a garden shed on the remaining foundation.

Dinner was a breeze and he watched almost 40 minutes of TV laying on me or sitting on my lap.  He was busy playing with the books Gramma K sent him in the mail today.  She found these indestructible books that play music when you push a button.  JH's favorite is The Muffin Man.  We put him to bed early and he didn't make a peep since he didn't nap today.  He was pretty exhausted from pulling the wagon all over the yard.

New things he is doing:
If we ask him to do something and follow it with okay; he usually says "okay daddy"
He said my last name very clearly today
He says "my turn" about 100 times a day