We're inventorying our pantry (which has gotten full of food, but we don't remember what it is). So, Amitai built a database for the inventory. Jonah has been carrying one thing at a time to Amitai, to enter into the computer ( Read more... )

Jonah has now had his first four days of kindergarten. He has not been very detailed in recounting his days (he has friends, but doesn't know their names; he learned stuff, but doesn't know what). So far, his favorite thing is the tire swing (though he learned that riding it too much makes his stomach sick). He also likes gym ( Read more... )

Giant Eagle, one of the two major local grocery stores here, has a program where they give you 1% off for every 10 gallons that you buy at their gas station. (The total shows at the bottom of the receipt each time.) We had accumulated 8%, so we took a big shopping trip there. (They even have in-store childcare, so Jonah was thrilled about this ( Read more... )

This evening, Jonah picked out a book for us to read together before bed. He picked The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
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This afternoon in the car, Jonah was pondering God. "Does God have a body?" "Where is God?" "Is God in the tv?" "Is God under me?" "Why don't I feel God ( Read more... )

This morning, Jonah and I started talking about Roger and Mary Beth's upcoming wedding, and Jonah asked (as he often does), "Are they going to have a baby?" I said that they might eventually, but I didn't know. Jonah argued that they would, because "when a mommy and a daddy love each other they make a baby - so Roger and Mary Beth will have a baby ( Read more... )

Jonah: Does everybody make mistakes?
Me: Yes.
Jonah: Even God?

As those of you on Facebook know, we have just wrapped up Star Wars weekend at Disney (the event continues tomorrow and next weekend, but we're done). Here are some highlights ( Read more... )

Jonah spent the evening letting us know what he wants in a roundabout way. As one example, this evening I picked out "I wish that I had duck feet" to read to him at bedtime. At first, he said he didn't want it, but apparently changed his mind. Except, instead of just telling me, he then said, "You can read Duck Feet to me if you want to. I don' ( Read more... )

This evening, Jonah had finished dinner, and I told him that if he got his pajamas on "super-quick:, he would have time for an extra story. He said he would be super quick, and headed upstairs. "Ten-to-one, he gets distracted by Legos," said Amitai. We both look over at the stairs. Jonah was standing on the third stair, with his head on the ( Read more... )