Sunday, May 13, 2007

Jonah and the Zoo Tractor




Jonah loves anything with wheels. He stares intently at the big boys as they ride their tricycles and bicycles around the park. He occasionally tries to commandeer one for himself, but does not get very far once he realizes that his short legs don't reach the pedals.

On Saturday, we went to the zoo with some friends (see the post just before this one). In the petting zoo area, there was a broken down toy tractor. Jonah jumped on and was in heaven. Other kids came, and left, but Jonah was not moving. Even when his buddy Jonah Hur came by, Jonah McF did not budge. At least Jonah M shared his pizza earlier in the day with Jonah H...
See below for a progression of pictures of Jonah's adventures on the stationary tractor. In the end, one of the older girls decided to just sit on the tractor in an apparent attempt to intimidate Jonah and commandeer the tractor for herself, but Jonah did not back down.
Jonah intently trying to figure out how the steering wheel works.

Jonah H stops by to see if his buddy Jonah M will let him take a turn shaking the steering wheel...

Jonah continuing to shake away at the steering wheel...

Abby was tired of waiting for Jonah to get out of the driver's seat, so she decided to sit on the engine. Jonah would not be deterred...

Perseverance paid off. Jonah has the tractor all to himself once again :)
A day at the SF Zoo
(JM)^3 at the zoo
Jonah meets goat. Goat tries to poke out Jonahs eye with his horn. Daddy considers tackling goat, but considers the horns and keeps his distance...

2 Jonahs sharing pizza = 2 cute. What good boyz. They must have amazing mommies to teach them such good table manners.

Linnea & Jonah with Jessi and Jonah in the tunnel at the zoo.