Finding His Way (8/18/19)

The past little bit Jonas has been testing waters and determining what he can and can not do.   I think he's also been trying to exert some independence.  He is still tender, sweet Jonas, but there are moments of anger and frustration.  Friday, Jonas had his friend Ollie over to play.  It was time for Ollie to leave, so that boys were taking Ollie's toys back to his house.  After I few minutes I realized they weren't out side anymore, so I texted Ollie's mom to see if they were there.  She said they had dropped off some stuff and left again, but had not been back.  I noticed their bikes were gone, so I wandered around the corner thinking they were riding their bikes.  I didn't see them there.  Porter had recently gone to the Kirry's house and all the boys had been playing together at our house earlier, so I thought maybe they'd headed over there.  They weren't there either.   Barbie got in her car to head up to Beacon to look around and the walked back home to get my car to head out the other direction.  Only once before did they take off on their bikes up to Beacon.  That was a couple of months ago.  I drove down to Hillside to see if they'd gone to the playground there and continued driving down Nevada when I still didn't see them.  I made it all the way to Redondo and Nevada when I got a text from my neighbor Amanda that said Jonas had just rode his bike home.  I drove immediately home to find out that Ollie and Jonas had rode their bikes ALL the way to McDonald's!  This is over 3/4 mile from our house.  I told Jonas he was not allowed to do this and he said, "But, I was with Ollie.  He's 6."  

David has taken Jonas and Porter on bike rides to McDonald's and Fresh Market before,  but the rule has always been that you don't even leave the house without telling me and/or asking me if you can go.  I could not believe he did this and I guess it was his idea.  Thankfully he was safe.

Then yesterday, Mason was sleeping, Porter had just left for the Kirry's and Jonas was on the back porch.  I went in to go to the bathroom and when I came out, Jonas was gone.  I texted Barbie to see if he was there, but they weren't home.  Fortunately I got a text a minute later from Alex Kirry saying that Jonas showed up at their house, said I'd left and told him to go over there.  He thought the story sounded fishy.  

I'll need to pray to figure out what to do for him.  I need to connect and help my sweet Jonas to feel secure.