Phraseology

I love the way Jonathan says things. He has such a unique way of expressing himself. Two recent examples...

Today Jonathan has a band festival at Oak Canyon. I told him on Sunday that he needed to make sure that his Grandpa and Grandma Belnap knew about the festival. He was practicing his sax and clarinet in a spare bedroom at Parley and Bona's on Sunday. Bona poked her head in to listen for a minute. She came out laughing and quoting Jonathan, "For your information, I have a band festival on Wednesday, March 26th at 9:30 a.m. at Oak Canyon". Bona couldn't get over the "For your information" part.

Second, I think it's great that I have a twelve year old who is still willing to talk to me about anything (except for who he eats lunch with). I hope he continues sharing his thoughts, feelings, and concerns for years to come (even though often the stuff he shares with me is TMI for me- stuff that I wish he'd share with Dan and then Dan could share it with me). Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, Jonathan was watching the Percussion Ensemble prepare for 6th Grade Day at Oak Canyon. He came home and said "Mom, weird stuff is happening to me- stuff that's never happened before. Girls are 'fawning' over me". "Fawning"? Haven't heard that for a while. Anyway, he got a big ego boost when he noticed a girl (thankfully) in the Percussion Ensemble staring and waving at him (and she was even a 9th grader).

I'll have to keep my ears open for more Jonathanisms and keep recording them.