Love Bites

Our sweet Jonah has become quite smitten with an "older woman", a friend of Payton's. She's a very sweet, creative, outgoing girl, and I can see why Jonah is drawn to her. But of course, when the two girls are together Jonah is viewed as the pesky, younger brother. He tries so desperately to play with them, be around them and when he's spurned, his affection jumps right to anger. He pelted the object of his affection in the head with a book and threw pinecones at her yesterday. It is so sad and sweet to watch poor Jonah. This is just the beginning of learning how to negotiate relationships and their complexities. He's doing the best he can with all of his five year old tools. We'll see how this story continues.