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Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Normally, October is my favorite month. The cluster of budget work, editorial meetings, and conferences that make August and September so hectic at work have wound down, the air takes on a refreshing crispness, the leaves turn glorious colors, and I get to indulge in steamed cider and caramel apples. Now that Simon has come […]

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Old MacDonald

Here’s how to kick Old MacDonald three-year-old style: Old MacDonald had a farm, E, I, E, I. O And on that farm he had a duck, E, I, E, I, O With a quack, quack here, And a quack quack here, Here a quack, Everywhere a quack, quack, Old MacDonald had a farm, E, I, […]

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Yesterday

Aptly enough, yesterday Simon mastered the concept of, well, yesterday. Matt came downstairs to watch him while I went up to grab a shower and asked Simon if he needed a diaper change. The conversation went something like this: Matt: “Simon, do you need a new diaper?” Simon: “No, I’m fine.” Matt: “So mommy changed […]

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Simon has said some hilarious things the past few months. Too bad my memory is shot and I can barely remember any of them! One utterance popped up yesterday. He wanted to go into the bathroom and brush his teeth in the morning. I was to go with him. He was to use “The Thomas […]

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The Time of His Life

When Matt and I collapsed in bed Friday night, we both had the feeling that Simon was dreaming happy dreams, reliving what had almost certainly been the happiest day of his life. Simon was too young to understand his first birthday and got scared when everyone sang to him. Last year, I planned way too […]

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Three

Dear Simon, They say that by three you can pretty well tell who your child is, that whatever you see at three is what you’re going to get. The same ambiguous “they”s out there say that key intellectual and emotional development happens by three, that your child’s life, care, and experiences in the first 36 […]

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Time Out

So this is funny. Simon got a time-out at school yesterday. I suppose I shouldn’t be laughing about that, but the situation was so funny that even his teacher, Ms. Jill, was laughing a bit as she told me. She also suggested that I not discuss the time out with Simon, as she didn’t want […]

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Hi A & H: Your comments offered much food for thought and also made me realize I’ve left part of the story out. The book really does have a bad and misleading title, and Simon does not qualify as “difficult” under the author’s rubric. School has quit talking to me about this, too, so I […]

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Difficulty Quantified

Throughout the past month or so, I’ve been struggling with the question of whether Simon is truly difficult. My heart had pretty much settled on “no” from the get-go, as difficult is indeed in the eye—or heart—of the beholder. My brain began to move in the same direction shortly thereafter, but doubts lingered. So Thursday night, while […]

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Such a Tease

Matt and I have thought for ages that Simon has demonstrated a sense of humor. But then we’d try to remember what he said or did that seemed funny, and we’d either forget or end up with something that required a lot of interpretation. Sunday night, though, we got a full blown joke. Matt was […]

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