Words from Jonathan today

10:30, outside by the car, loading up to go run errands and get lunch. Jonathan spots an ant-like creature crawling on my sideview mirror that could be an antlion. With complete disregard to my schedule that I am trying to keep, he keeps the ant in sight while Anna runs to get his bugcatcher from the porch. I am a little irritated that they are both mesmerized by this ant on the side of the car, when I am simply trying to get them inside the car! And why can't they use that kind of teamwork to be helpful to ME and not just in situations like this? But I swore today that I would keep my patience ALL DAY LONG so instead I expressed concern that this particular ant looked like it could sting and also looked like it might be able to fly. (Which to me, stinging, flying bugs are the kind to be avoided at all cost!)

Jonathan turned to me and said, "Don't worry, Mama, I am a dangerous bugcatcher!"

11:30, at Chick-Fil-A, eating lunch (we had the chicken). We had met a very cute baby, about 6 months old, at the cash register. He was over sitting in a highchair with his mom, who looked very young and frazzled, and I was keeping an eye on him because he was trying to eat the plastic placemat that Chick-Fil-A provides (to keep kids from ingesting germs that may be on the table, but in this case, the placemat was far more of a potential danger than the germs). The mother got up and ran outside to get something out of her car, leaving the baby in the highchair, completely unattended, and still munching away on the placemat.
Jonathan looked at me with a very troubled face and said, " Um, Mama? Who is in charge of that baby right now 'cause his Mom just ran away to the parking lot?"
Good question, little buddy, because to me, I can't think of ANYTHING important enough that could be in the car...

11:45, at Chick-Fil-A, sitting on the bench at the indoor playground. Jonathan shuddered, and I said, "What's wrong, Jon?"
He said, "Oh, I just have the creepers on my 'cause I catched that kind of ant, that kind I think was a lionant."
He is so funny! He works up all his nerve to catch these bugs, even though they are giving him the creeps hours later at the memory of it!