We spent Thanksgiving Day with my family this year. Jonathan had a great time. He spent some time pretending to cook and eat with Grandma's mini cookstove and pans (above).
The grandkids spent some time outside and all climbed on the park bench swing together!
Grandma bought some popsicles on clearance and of course, kids will eat popsicles at any time of year and at any temperature!
This bench served as a handy dessert table for the grandkids!
Well, Jonny doesn't take naps anymore. I haven't put him down for a nap for a couple of weeks now. It was a tough transition because he would get tired and grouchy and act like he needed a nap, but I couldn't keep him in bed. He discovered that he could climb out of bed and then if he stayed quiet then I wouldn't see what he was doing and put him back in bed. This picture above shows one of those "quiet" things he did instead of napping: He took all of the knobs off of his dresser, except for the two that he couldn't reach. Then he carried them out to show me what he had done! Another day, he went into my bedroom and got the Vicks Vaporub and smeared it all over the mirror on his closet door! Now, when he needs a little "quiet time" in the afternoon, I let him watch a movie. His favorites are Despicable Me, Toy Story 2 & 3, and Cars.
My sister brought us some chickens a couple of weeks ago and they are a complete novelty to Jonathan. He's never been around chickens before. When they are out of their coop, he can't leave them alone. He especially likes to chase them and I'm trying to teach him to NOT chase them. These pictures show our compromise. Jonathan discovered that he could carry his chair around to watch the chickens and he wouldn't get in trouble! Doesn't he look so innocent, sitting there on his chair?
This little dog is quickly becoming Jonny's best friend. My sister got it from her mother-in-law, so it's kind-of a "hand-me-down" dog. He's about a year old and has some pug in him and I don't know what else. Chris and Jonny have decided to call him Mac. I don't really care for little dogs, but Mac has grown on me. He's really good-natured and lets Jonny try to ride him and pull his tail. Jonny has always liked to play outside but now that Mac is outside, Jonny would spend all day outside if I let him. Jonny's favorite thing is to run across the yard with Mac running behind and then turn around and zip the other way.
This is Jonathan's real Halloween costume. He picked it out when we went costume shopping. We tried it on at the store, but he wasn't too sure about it when we put it on Halloween night. He just stood there with his head, eyes and arms hanging down for a while--truly a "hang dog" look!
It didn't take his daddy too long to get him laughing though and he wore his costume without trouble for the rest of the night.
We went trick-or-treating with Aunt Shannon's family and her friend Kendall's kids. Jonny understood trick-or-treating a lot better this year, especially after watching the bigger kids. Jonny carried his treat bucket all night long and wouldn't let anyone touch it, even when it seemed like it was getting too heavy for him.
We walked around the neighborhood for about an hour so when Jonny got too tired for walking, he rode on his daddy's shoulders.
My mom's ward had a Harvest Dinner Saturday night, followed by games and a Trunk or Treat for the kids. I forgot to take Jonathan's costume with us so we dug through the box of costumes left over from when my brothers and sister and I were small. That's why Jonny ended up being a little red devil. The costume was too big so we just used the cape and hat. Jonny wore the cape all night but he didn't really like the hat so he pulled it off pretty fast.
Jonny with cousins Rowdy, Kassidy and Mary and below, with Tucker.