Another developmental spurt
Some time in the last few months, Jonah has developed the capacity to deceive. I'm sure this is an important skill to have (especially if he goes into politics), but it is not my favorite skill.
It started with being sneaky... Around Halloween, Amitai and I discovered candy wrappers around the house. At first, each of us suspected the other. But we eventually found that Jonah was eating them when he woke up before us. So, we moved the candy to higher ground (and he has not climbed for it).
Then, he would talk about "tricking" us. Once, he answered the phone, and Grammy said, "Is that the Jonah-roo?" Jonah said no, and Grammy played along. Eventually, Jonah said, "I tricked you! It's really Jonah!" (Somehow, I don't think Grammy was fooled.)
Even his legos trick each other. This morning, I made the snowtrooper (a bad guy) walk over to the spaceship full of good guys. Two of the good guys put on snowtrooper helmets, and the three started to attack. But then the good guys took off their helmets and attacked the bad snowtrooper. (I admit that this part of the development is cuter.)
But I was displeased this evening when I asked Jonah what he was doing in the back seat and he answered, "Nothing" when he had found some gum in a goody bag from Sunday. (I suppose this should teach my to clean my car.) He continued to say there was nothing in his mouth until I directly confronted then, and even then he lied about what it was. (The smell of bubble gum when I turned around made the truth pretty clear...) Not a good development.
As a more positive development, Jonah can add two-digit numbers in his head (without carrying), when he is alert enough to actually remember what the numbers are. He is also learning about money (in part because of a workbook he found and started on for fun, in part because he has discovered the school store).
It started with being sneaky... Around Halloween, Amitai and I discovered candy wrappers around the house. At first, each of us suspected the other. But we eventually found that Jonah was eating them when he woke up before us. So, we moved the candy to higher ground (and he has not climbed for it).
Then, he would talk about "tricking" us. Once, he answered the phone, and Grammy said, "Is that the Jonah-roo?" Jonah said no, and Grammy played along. Eventually, Jonah said, "I tricked you! It's really Jonah!" (Somehow, I don't think Grammy was fooled.)
Even his legos trick each other. This morning, I made the snowtrooper (a bad guy) walk over to the spaceship full of good guys. Two of the good guys put on snowtrooper helmets, and the three started to attack. But then the good guys took off their helmets and attacked the bad snowtrooper. (I admit that this part of the development is cuter.)
But I was displeased this evening when I asked Jonah what he was doing in the back seat and he answered, "Nothing" when he had found some gum in a goody bag from Sunday. (I suppose this should teach my to clean my car.) He continued to say there was nothing in his mouth until I directly confronted then, and even then he lied about what it was. (The smell of bubble gum when I turned around made the truth pretty clear...) Not a good development.
As a more positive development, Jonah can add two-digit numbers in his head (without carrying), when he is alert enough to actually remember what the numbers are. He is also learning about money (in part because of a workbook he found and started on for fun, in part because he has discovered the school store).