My dad just managed to make it on the road to Possum Kingdom, where he’ll be meeting Tim & Felicia & Catherine for a long weekend. He’s hoping to get there early enough to get 9 holes of golf in (and grateful to his daughter for not making him hang around while I went on a bike ride). He got to fit in lots of different foods while here the last three days—oysters on the half shell, Tex-Mex from Antonio’s, barbecue from Rudy’s. Jennifer & Stepan came over last night to share the barbecue with us, which was nice. Jonathan is always pleased to have his Auntie Jenny to help him get ready for bed.
My child is following in the footsteps of his mum and Boppa regarding reading in bed, without a doubt. Last night he read for TWO HOURS in bed; I finally convinced him to put the books away at 9:30 p.m., and he was asleep within minutes. We are going to have to shepherd him through the next few days, teaching him good habits about when to put the books away and let yourself go off to sleep. That will have to Dale’s job, obviously, since I’m totally incapable of it! Last night he kept saying, “But I love books. But I love reading,” every time I suggested he put them up. It is so cool to see him lying in bed on his tummy, bedside light on, feet up in the air behind him, reading a book out loud. What a thrill!
Posted by elizabeth at May 30, 2003 11:05 AMHe is amazing. Sounds like he is ready for his own email address...
Posted by: Jfer on May 30, 2003 04:01 PMJennifer has a wonderful idea there, Elizabeth! Just think...Since Jonathan can already read, writing and typing won't be far down the road of progress. Then you would have to also convince him to shut down the laptop or desktop. That would be so cool for him to have his own blog on the KHH.
Posted by: Theresa on June 3, 2003 10:47 PMThat was my thought exactly the other day when you were sharing about his reading for two hours! He is exactly like you. You might buy him a timed light and tell him when the light goes out, the eyes go to sleep. You are doing a fantastic job!
Posted by: Kathleen on June 4, 2003 11:16 AMAs a matter of fact, Jonathan already knows how to use the computer (my laptop with its touchpad mouse). He knows to gently touch the touchpad to wake up the computer, to click on the "e" in the bar at the bottom of the screen to launch Internet Explorer, and then he knows to click on the toolbar button labeled "PBS Kids" to go to his computer games. He also knows to click the line in the upper right corner to minimize a program (he likes doing that to all my other open windows), and when he's done with his games he clicks on the "x" to "close it out".
I'm not sure what he'd put in a blog though. "Had fun today. Laughed with my daddy. Played with my schoolhouse. Did lots of widdles."
Maybe he could get a blog when he starts school next year . . .
Posted by: Elizabeth on June 4, 2003 12:08 PM