Random Thoughts. . . With Jonathan

When we traveled to and from PA last weekend, Jonathan elected to sit directly behind the driver's seat, right next to Faith. Caleb sat next to the other girls in the next row, and Nathan and Luke hung out in the back row. One nice thing about the big van is having some flexibility in seating arrangements!

This gave Bob and me some time to listen to Jonathan. And he certainly has a lot to say! For example, he has an unending collection of original jokes (maybe "riddles" is technically more accurate). Some are very, uh, cerebral, and all of them definitely bear the inventive mark of a 6 year old boy! Here are some examples:

Q: How does a snail ice-skate?

A: He turns over and puts a skate on his shell.

Q: How does a house drive?

A: On its chimney.

Q: How does a red light cross the road?

A: It just goes across.

(Me: But won't the other cars run over it?
Jonathan: It's a RED light. They have to stop.)

So you can see how the miles just fly by when you are cogitating on a constant stream of these!

Jonathan also just chatters away, on whatever random thoughts cross through his brain. Here is a small sample of this, where Jonathan is talking about future plans to build a car wash:

"I think I'll build it out of sticks . . . and I'll attach it together with glue . . . but the glue might melt . . . so maybe I'll attach it with sticks . . . or eggs! I could use eggs . . . Look, there's a castle! . . . Or maybe I'll build it out of rocks . . ."

Bob and I were about hanging our heads out the window, but we never could see what castle Jonathan was talking about! Maybe it was only in the land of Jonathan's mind . . . driving on its chimney . . .