Jonah had a haircut and other things

I cut Jonah's hair two weeks ago - really short - and it took me a full week to get used to it. He just looks SO different. SO grown up. I'll get a picture tomorrow perhaps and post it.

I met with Jonah's teacher last week for parent-teacher interviews and left feeling very proud! She had no concerns and is apparently amazed at how much he knows. She figures much of what he says to his peers goes right over their heads. He's definitely picking up on some silly phrases at school that I'd rather he not use, but alas, they are really just silly I suppose. Glenn and I are still astounded at his interest in numbers and math. He can count to 200 and likes for us to give him math problems to solve. He's always looking at the digital clocks in the house, announcing the time. "I got up at seven hundred and eleven."

Jonah has been saying some sweet AND strange things these days. He's so smart that it's hard to remember he's only 4.5 sometimes. Here's (1) a sweet conversation from today and (2) a bizarre one from yesterday...

(1)
Jonah: [said to Mommy in a very sweet voice with hand motions] My love for you and Daddy is like a circle. It goes around and around and never ends. And it's like an oval too.

(2)
Jonah was questioning me about my fears so I decided I'd eventually be honest and responded by saying, "Sometimes I'm afraid I'm not a good enough Mommy."

Jonah responded, once again in the sweetest voice possible, "You're ALWAYS a good enough Mom. And if your name was Beem and Daddy was married to another lady named Sherri, she would be a good Mom too."

Bizarre!

Jonah is back to talking about death a bunch. A day or two ago he was talking about how he would get to inherit Uncle Mark's Wii, specifically, Mario Kart, when Uncle Mark dies. Poor Mark was standing right there! (Mario Kart is Jonah's newest obsession.) Today he told me rather nonchalantly that his Nanny and Poppy were going to die soon. I disagreed of course! He also was telling me something about how I would go to heaven when I died and that when he was really old, he would die too, and come see me.

Jonah also seems to be concerned with who he can marry. He wants to pick someone now. A week or two ago I had to try to explain to him why he can't marry his Aunt Krista when he grows up. I think he was also interested in his cousin Jael. More explaining! It's nice he's trying to pick from the single girls that he really loves though! I've assured him he can wait until he's older to see who is "alone" (as he calls it) that he can choose from, suggesting that he knows plenty of girls from school and church that will grow up with him.

Finally, he laughs SO MUCH at Bram - things that don't seem funny to me at all. I can't even let them bath together anymore, because Bram gets so startled at Jonah's loud laughing at him (for touching Jonah with his hand, or kicking his leg in the water). The startle makes Bram thrash about, which Jonah finds even MORE funny, which increases Jonah's laughter volume, and the cycle goes on. He's very helpful with Bram too though. He shows him things, and talks to him, and plays in front of him. And usually Jonah is willing to go get things for me/Bram as well.

He's really getting into the Christmas thing - he seems to know more than I've ever told him, so they must be talking it up at school. Jonah couldn't think of anything he wanted for Christmas though, so we had to pull out the good ol' Sears Wish Book to stimulate some materialism.

Other Christmas-related things...

He enjoys cuddling under a blanket on the couch to look at the tree.

He was glad to help me pick a few things from the online World Vision Gift Catalogue for others in need. This year it was two hens, a rooster, textbooks, and protein-fortified foods.

We made gingerbread cookies tonight, one of the few kinds of cookies he'll actually eat. He doesn't want icing on them though. Which makes life easy.

I asked him the other day, since he was talking about Santa coming and having to put a sign on the door to tell him to come in that way, etc, if Santa was real. He said that no, he was pretend. Later conversations have definitely proven he is totally confused about it all. Cuz the Santa at the end of the parade was the real Santa, even though the sleigh couldn't fly. I really don't know what to say, cuz I'm not that interested in trying to convince him that Santa is real (lie to my child). On the other hand, I'm not that interested in having other parents angry at me when/if Jonah says something about Santa being pretend. Besides that, I'm definitely getting credit for the marble run toy WE bought him. It's a toy he LOVED at daycare and spends a lot of time using at school. Santa is NOT getting the credit for that!