The Sandbox is Full!

 We got a pickup load of sand to fill up Jonny's sandbox yesterday.  Jonny was so excited, he could hardly contain himself!  He wanted to get in the sandbox so badly, but we made him stay up in the bed of the pickup so that he wouldn't get in the way.  He kept asking, "Can I get in yet?"  It was a little like that, "Are we there yet?" question you hear in the car.  He climbed all over the pile of sand, rolled in it, stuck his head in it, put it up his shorts, and basically went swimming in the sand.  Apparently sand has healing qualities, too.  I accidentally bumped Jonny's head with the shovel handle once and he grabbed a handful of sand, put it against his ear and said, "That feels better!"  By the time we were finished, Jonny was a walking sandman.  There was no way we could skip a bath last night!

Who's Watching Jonny?

I had to have an extra key made for our back door so that we could hide it out in our yard for two reasons:  #1  Jonny likes to go in the house and lock the door, which locks us out if we are outside and #2  When we are busy doing yard work, Jonny will go back into the house and get into something.   The key lets us lock the door, which keeps Jonny outside with us.  Occasionally, we forget to lock the door and we find Jonny into something.  On this particular day, Jonny took his bike in the house and filled up his basket with cereal!  He thought it was pretty neat to eat cereal from his basket while he was riding his bike!

Our New Kitty

Our neighbor a couple of houses down from us found this little kitten crying in the bushes a few weeks ago.   She couldn't find who it belonged to so she gave it to us.  Jonathan decided to name it Sally.  He thinks it is the best cat ever, especially because it doesn't run away from him like our other cat does.  We had our calico cat before Jonny came along and she doesn't want anything to do with him.  Jonny has tried and tried to make friends with her, but she just doesn't trust him.  He insists on picking Sally up and carrying her all over, just because he can.  He's learning a lot about cat scratches though--something he's never had to deal with before!

Fun with Rowdy

Cousin Rowdy got to come spend the night at our house while his older brothers were busy showing their sheep and pigs at the county fair.  Jonny and Rowdy had a lot of fun.  They ate popsicles and ran in the sprinklers.  We also put the sprinkler under the trampoline and they jumped for hours!  (They thought they were pretty cool in their Spiderman swimming trunks!)  I gave them each a spray bottle and they squirted themselves and each other and everything around them with water.  They played with toys and made forts out of the couch cushions!  It was a fun two days!

Oats

For some reason, Jonny loves oats.  And I mean the plain, dry oats.  He will tolerate oatmeal for breakfast or oatmeal cookies, but what he really loves is a few dry oats in a measuring cup to snack on.  I've had to move my container of oats to the very top so he can't get to them or else I can't keep him out of them!


When we go to my grandma's house, she always has a little Ziploc bag of candy for him.  She puts it under the sink for him to take out.  Well, that also happens to be where she keeps her canister of oats.  Without exception, Jonny will take out the bag of candy but then will set it aside and ask for some oats. He'll sit there and eat them dry and it just makes Great-Grandma laugh to watch Jonny eat dry, nasty oats instead of candy!


We recently went to Winco and I filled up a bag with oats from the bulk foods section to replenish my container.  Jonny thought that was the best thing we've ever bought and had to hold that bag of oats all through the store!  Silly kid!