Week 27: MY Plane!

Jonah is certainly getting to the age where we can identify some of his favorite things. A lot of these things change on what seems to be a daily basis, but a few things have remained over time. Every day when we pick him up at school (when they are not outside playing), Jonah is playing with this plane and this school bus. He loves them and it seems the other kids know that these are "Jonah's toys."

He's had other toys at school before; he had a plastic giraffe for awhile that he was attached to. I distinctly remember one morning dropping him off, one of his friends came running across the room with the giraffe when we walked in. He handed it to Jonah and ran back across the room. That seems to have faded, but for now, the plane and bus remain. Jonah normally tries to convince us to let him take one of them home with us as we are trying to leave. Today he was asking me to write his name on the bottom of the bus!

It's fun watching him play with toys and becoming attached to things. It reminds me of certain toys and stuffed animals I loved when I was young. Jonah now owns one of the stuffed animals. I'm sure that at some point I'll look back and miss the day when he was attached to a simple plastic school bus - so I thought I'd devote a week to a couple of his favorite things. . . for now.

Photo: this is a rented 35mm lens (which I, unfortunately, have fallen in love with) at f/2 and all available light.