(More about his eye appointment with Dr. Wiggins in Waterloo. Jon always likes these appointments: He gets to watch TV during the session, and he gets to go to Swiss Chalet for lunch afterwards!—L)

I love to go to Waterloo to see Dr. Wiggens. Dr. Wiggens puted on a cartoon The cartoon was called Winnie the Pooh. I am about to watch Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the pooh likes hunny after my visit to the Dr. I stop for lunch Swiss Chalet.

(First journal writing of the school year. Note that even though spelling and punctuation was a bit shaky he got “iPod” correct. That’s our logo-loving boy! —L)

I went to the x-ray room to get a x-ray do you like to take an x-ray? Yes I love to! I am about to take an x-ray the docter took a piccher I like to go lisin to the iPod I love to go out of the x-ray room when I’m dune my x-ray

(This was written about a photo of a dog that Jon picked from Tami’s big book of pictures. He’s pretty much got a dog’s life. —L)

I see a dog. A dog goes Ruff ruff Ruff. Do you like to bark like a dog? Yes I do! I am about to say Ruff. I like to say hi to a dog. I love to speak like a dog. “Ruff I want to eat. Ruff I want to play. Ruff I want to jump”

Jon

(For this assignment, Jon picked a photo of a bunch of clownfish. After the first half-dozen sentences, Tami asked him a leading question, “if you could play a game with the fish, what would it be? How would you play?” Then, “what happens when you get bumped? Think about your computer games; do you change into something or get special powers? Write about it!” —L)

Do you like to see 3 clown fish swimming? I like to! I love going for a swim with the clown fish. I am about to splash the fish. The fish are going to get wet. I love to go floating with the fish. I am going to play The Floating Fish Game. Do you like to play the Floating Fish Game? First the fish are going to float all the way to their house. The fish are going to catch us. The fish are going to bump us. I love going to change us into under water starfish. The starfish win the game.

Jon

I went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house to swim. When I got out of the pool I used a towel to dry me off. I like to push Dad on the bum then Dad jumps in the pool. Dad does a cannonball. I went to buy strawbairese with my Daddy. The strawbairse look good. They taste yummy. I was going to play in the sprinkler. I was going to get wet. I was going to have a drink of water from the sprinkler. Daddy turned on the sprinkler. It was a great day.

Jon

Jon sure loves his Spyro the Dragon video games! In the “Sunny Flight” level Daddy does the steering while Jon mans the gun. And Jon was showing Bachan how to get a dragon, not the other way around. —L)

After the bus goes away like this
voooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I do some reading. After I do some reading I get some play station. I do spyro one. In spyro one Dad goes to Sunny Flight. In Sunny Flight Dad gets a train. Dad gets another train. Batchin showed me how I get a dragon. I do Spyro two. In Spyro two I go to Metropolis. I get the ox. I love going to the first elevator. I am about to go to the next elevator. I’m about to go get the space ships.

Jon

(This is the text of an email he sent to his teacher Tami right after he saw the movie Cars)

I watched Cars. I didn’t re wind the movie because It was in the theaters. I was eating pop corn and I was drinking pop and I was having a chocolate bar. I saw tralers. I saw a short called One Man Band. I will go see Cars again soon.

Love Jon