Julie's Boggle

On the afternoon this was taken, Jon was getting a lot of pleasure out of being allowed to “help out” with the housework – trailing our lovely cleaner, Adam.  Here he’s clutching the vacuum cleaner ["VAC-leaner"] pipe in his hand, and he was in the process of gamely pushing it around his bedroom carpet.

In choosing this month’s smile, I was quite torn between the photo above and this one, taken on the same day.  Both of them showed examples of Jon’s gentle smile to great effect.

(As an aside, Jon is wearing a warm top ["wahm-cop"] of his own choosing which he outgrew about 4 months ago, but still loves to pick out.   The text is mostly inaccurate but it is wonderfully cuddly!)

Over the last 6 months, Jonathan has become very fond of teddy bears, adopting a number of mine to supplement his originally meagre stockpile.  These bears seem to fill a special role in his collection of toys, perhaps in that they are the most cuddly and also the most easily anthropomorphised?

Jon tends to treat all bears equally, although the slightly bigger ones do end up spending more time with him.  When he’s in the mood, the bear of the minute will be given a sweet little cuddle with a corresponding “Aahh!”  (Filling in the response he hears so often from us when we see him dispensing a hug! )

A definite element of bear-popularity is that they can ride pillion on Jon’s little pushcar (albeit slightly more under Jon than behind him), and they fit well into his toy pushchair.  Both of these allow Jon to show his bear just how fast he can get them from one end of the flat to the other.  He also likes how they can sit on his booster seat, where they get diligently clipped in and fitted with a bib before being fed some favourite meal, like “hot bread”.

(Tom managed to get this lovely shot the other day during the morning wake-up routine.  These bears which had spent the night with him were clearly very deserving of some Jon-love.)