When exactly does a baby become a person? This is a question I’ve pondered for some time. It seems to me that for the first three months of life or so, we grant personhood status to babies who are still blank canvasses. But after that? I don’t know. Simon at four months didn’t seem to […]
Monthly Archive for June, 2009
Busted Up
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Jun 12th, 2009
This past week has been rather challenging. There have been work challenges resulting in mid-day trips to the candy store, and I’ve been uncharacteristically tired the whole week. On top of all that that, Simon has had a challenging go of it. Camp started Monday. “Camp”, as Simon discovered this week, is not the same […]
Lost Boy(hood)s
Posted in Jessica on Jun 11th, 2009
The Saturday before last, the first day of my vacation and the last day before our guests arrived, I attended the Fourth Annual Sudanese Scholars’ Celebration, an event honoring the eleven (former) Lost Boys who earned bachelor’s or associate’s degrees this year. The event was hosted by the non-profit I began volunteering with last summer, […]
The week before our friends Ian and Christine arrived, we talked a lot about them with Simon, showed him pictures of their daughter Alise, and talked about how much he’d like spending time with her when she stayed with us and how they’d surely be best friends. We assumed that he would take one look […]
Last year around Easter, my step mom showed up with a huge stuffed bunny for Simon. “Oh, for Easter!” I smiled as I admired the giant white bunny with a bow around its neck. “Yes,” Ruth replied. “For Easter. But there’s more. You’ll understand later today.” I would? Several hours later a giant white bunny […]
Simon Says II
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Jun 5th, 2009
It’s been a busy, busy week with friends. We’ve been to parks, to Art Sparks at the Speed Museum, and just today Huber Family Farm. Simon and Alise have played beautifully together, and his heart will be broken when Christine, AKA “Alise’s Mommy”, leaves tomorrow. I’ll have time for that later. For now, some quick […]
Up until having Simon, I wasn’t that much into kids. I wasn’t mean or impatient with them, but I didn’t seek them out, didn’t really know what to say to or do with them, and was terrified of being alone with them. What if one cried, or fell, or did something I didn’t want him […]