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Monthly Archive for August, 2009

Tickle the Car

Right on schedule (I assume, I can’t actually find information about this), Simon has begun naming his toy “friends.” Matt and I gave Dirty Dog, Bob, Super Speedy, and much of the stuffed menagerie their names, but now he’s picking out names himself. Over the past two days, he’s chosen the names “Tickle” and “Douglas”. […]

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This Does Not Bode Well

I’ve spent many hours in my life getting judgmental about and rolling my eyes in front of parents who freak out over school choice. I have spent many hours in my life bragging that *I* went to at least one school in a crappy neighborhood, and everything turned out fine. I am quick to cast […]

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Role Reversal

The only thing sweeter in a given day than reading Simon his night-time stories? Having him read them to me. Simon rediscovered an old favorite, Old Hat, New Hat, about a week ago and just about wore me out with it. I get that toddlers love familiarity and repetition, but reading any book—even a cute […]

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Peas! Peas! Peas!

We are one step closer to joining polite company. Simon has readily and quickly said “thank you” for a couple of months. He equally readily and kind of endearingly reels off the “excuse me”s, including those directed at inanimate objects he passes in the house: “Excuse me” he says to the chair as he squeezes […]

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