I'm sure you're wondering what this very large picture of junk is. This is a picture of Jonah's treasure box. It was made for him, when he was born, by my Mia Maids in California. If you looked up "pack-rat" in the dictionary Jonah's picture would be there--in contrast to Rachel's picture being under "cute". (Bro. Lamkin in our ward told Rachel a few weeks ago that he looked up "cute" in the dictionary and her picture was there. I think it's going to her head.) Back to Jonah--that kid keeps everything. That is not an exaggeration. If he finds clothing tags from clothes I buy him in the trash he fishes them out and then calls me on it.
For a while I was concerned about his attachment issues, but I think it's just him. I am hoping I can tame him a bit before he gets married. I'd hate to have a daughter-in-law have to deal with it. Let me just quickly walk you through a few items...
The Rat: When Jonah was in Kindergarten they wrote a letter to Santa. They were displayed on the wall and I remember how sweet they all were...until I came upon my son's. It simply said:
Dear Santa,
In my stocking I want a pet rat.
Love, Jonah
Well Santa came through. On Christmas morning in Jonah's stocking was a disgusting mushy rat--the kind you'd find at Spencer's Gifts. ;) He couldn't have been happier. His teacher still talks about it.
2 gold circle things: If anyone can identify these there will be a reward. Last spring when we were in Utah visiting my family I found these two gold things in Jonah's church pants. When questioned about them he admitted to taking them from the church. I thought they came from the gym some where...Jonah said he found them in the grass and has stuck by his story. For several months Grandpa Ellison did some investigating into where the mysterious gold circles came from with no answers. So when they came last week they brought the gold pieces to Jonah to add to his treasure box.
Those are probably the 2 most interesting articles, so I'll just point out the candy wrappers--from last years Christmas candy--a piece of cardboard, MANY rubber bands, Jared's mission camera...and the list goes on.
While I'm telling Jonah stories...about 4 years ago I had to get new tubes for my vacuum because Jonah wanted to take them, and the book rest from our keyboard (which had holes in it and he would hold like a shield) to pre-school for show and tell. He refused each week to participate in show and tell, so when he offered up something he wanted to take I supported his desire. I'm sure that is the first and possibly only time a child has brought vacuum attachments to show his classmates. The book rest made it home, but I think that when someone saw vacuum parts in the show and tell box they thought they were placed there by mistake and took them. We never saw them again.
My last story is from yesterday. We were on our way home from school when Jonah announced that it is Mrs. Grabruck's birthday today (Wednesday). Then he said, "For a present Me, Heath and Barrett are going to stay away from each other all day and have a good day!" I asked him whose idea it was thinking it may have been a request from Mrs. Grabruck herself, but he said, "Mine." He is a sweet boy. I hope he had the self control to follow through.
The leaves are falling. So are the pine needles...so I've got a lot of cleanup to do. Enjoy your Wednesday.
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