Several weeks ago Jonah decided he wanted to use some of his Valentine's Day coupons from last February. (I give them coupons in their coupon book every year, and they have to use the coupons or "lose" them by the next Valentine's Day.) This time Jonah, specifically wanted to use his (very valuable) coupon to stay home one day from school, combine it with the coupon to "have a date with mom," and combine it with yet a third coupon for spending $20 on whatever he wanted. This was going to be a great day! We initially had plans to make a one-hour drive to Culpepper VA to visit Em C., but her dad had an unexpected health scare, so we postponed the get together. Jonah was bummed to 1) not be able to watch a movie in the car during the drive, and 2) play big brother to E.'s youngest, but Jonah and I opted instead to go to lunch just the two of us, go to a matinee movie, and spend his $20 on another stuftie from his favorite toy store that recently moved to a new location: Shenanigan's. He opted for a Five Guys hamburger (this boy LOVES a hamburger more than any other at my table), but he still shocked me by devouring it on the five minute drive to the theater. We decided on the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs II and were utterly shocked when we were the only two people in the entire theater! This has never happened to me and Jonah was equally surprised as this possibility has never crossed his seven year old mind. But it was kinda fun, having them play the movie just for us.
After the movie I asked my iPhone ("Siri") how to get to Shenanigans' new location and I gave it a 50/50 chance of her directing me to the right location. (Siri and I don't get along particularly well... I have a love hate relationship with this woman on my iPhone as she has utterly failed me in the past. Jared suspects user error.....I maintain my innocence!) We did manage to find the new store easily and Jonah was thrilled that the Playmobile pirate was still there to greet us.
Once inside he prowled around to check out how things might have changed or stayed the same as in the old location. The Brio train track was still there, the dolls were still in a glass case, the puzzles and Klutz books are still in the back, and the stuffed animals were still in their white cubbies. Little had changed, actually. Now I will point out that Jonah easily has 100 or more stuffed animals that are in his room and 100+ more that have already been moved to the attic because if I'm honest here, I couldn't handle the clutter. But he loves to play a game he calls "stufties" which is basically playing with stuffed animals, setting them all up in his bed, creating adventures for them, and designing homes for them to live in. Because he's always been more enveloped in imaginary play than any of the others, I give in to this desire of his to have more stuffed animals to take care of. So after mulling over his options for quite while he settled on a St. Bernard that he promptly named Beethoven.
These final photos have nothing to do with our date day, but everything to do with the personality of this boy. He likes that he is small....he recently came home and said he was not happy because he was no longer the shortest in his class. He loves cuddling up in small places like Ruby's bed, laundry baskets, in-between parents or brothers and he likes to be doted on like I imagine all youngest children do. And really, how can you not wrap this little nugget up! I love spending one-on-one time with him any chance I get.
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