i’m not sure if daylight savings time is affecting john or if he is just in a phase.  but lately, you can ask him to do something and he just stands there. 

tonight, daddy picked the kids up from school.  daddy got gillian from her room, and then went into john’s room.  daddy tells john to put his coat on.  john just stands there.  meanwhile, daddy gets gillian’s coat on.  again, daddy tells john put his coat on.  john then sits down and takes his shoe off.  john fixes his sock and daddy ends up getting john’s coat and putting it on him.  daddy takes the kids to the car, and opens john’s door and tells john to get in the car.  daddy walks around the car to the other side and proceeds to put gillian in her seat.  he looks over and john is still standing on the running board with his backpack still on his back.  daddy says, “john get in the car!” 

daddy drives home and pulls in the driveway.  he opens john’s car door and goes around to get gillian out of her seat.  once again, daddy gets gillian out of her seat and walks around the car to find john still sitting in his seat with the seat belt on.  just sitting there.  and you’ve guessed it, daddy says “john, get out of the car!”  john gets out of the car and walks to the front porch.  daddy turns around and realizes that john’s car door is still open.  daddy says, “hey, did you forget something?”  john just stares at daddy.  john goes back to the car and closes the door.  he then proceeds to fall up the steps on the front porch.