Jon, when self-motivated, can do his spelling list (typing the 10 words three times each) in about 3 minutes. Sometimes however, he malingers for upwards of 40 minutes, grumbling and whiny. Then there are days like this: he more or less gets down to work, but under protest.

I laughed out loud then ran for the camera. He had erased a couple of the commas by the time I got back, but you can see the sneaky grin.

Also, lately, any time either Laura and I make an exclamation (ie Damn!, I don’t believe it!, What the…?), Jon immediately says, “What is it?” and wants to know what the problem is. Doesn’t always understand the explanation, but he suddenly wants know everything that’s going on. Very nice.