Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 31st, 2010
And what a way to end it. In an attempt to make up for boring holiday breaks in years past, Matt and I have worked to keep Simon busy and active during the last 16 days (two to go). He’s had three days with grandparents, including one sleepover, six play-dates with KIP friends, and four […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 29th, 2010
Not if they are under six. At least, not with regards to combining information about spacial location. This is another instance in which something I had barely even noted about Simon, but understood to be a quirk, turns out to reveal a fascinating stage of brain and language development. This time around I have the […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 27th, 2010
We came. We saw. We ate too much sugar and got tummy-aches. Then we ate some more. It must be Christmas time! Having gotten through Halloween and Thanksgiving, our next indigestion-inducing holiday won’t come until Passover, and that’s an entirely different flavor of indigestion! We launched the season with a trip on the Santa Express […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 23rd, 2010
[This post is rated PG-13, though the PG-13 language came from preschoolers…] One of the joys of having a four-year-old is watching them acquire adult skills or knowledge that then gets demonstrated in decidedly child-like ways. Like teaching your child good manners, and watching those manners manifest themselves in a very polite teddy bear tea […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 20th, 2010
Now here’s a picture I would not have recognized a year ago: Cambria sitting under the Christmas tree. Or, to be more accurate, my Christmas tree. Those last three words make me need to lie down for a few minutes. Matt and I have never had a tree before: I, because I am Jewish, and […]
Taste, as marketers and demographers well know, is closely tied to geography, socio-economic status, and age. That’s why a name like “Charlotte”, one of my top pics for a girl four years ago, is still uncommon here in Kentucky but is very popular in certain circles on both coasts. The first time I realized exactly […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 14th, 2010
And inside, too. Simon to Matt this morning when it was time for his morning pee: “Daddy, can you pull my pants down for me? My hands are cold.” We’ve all been there, little buddy!
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 14th, 2010
I knew it couldn’t last forever. After four years of reliable napping, Simon started to ease out of it shortly after his fourth birthday. First came the every-other or every-third-day nap, followed in short order by the can’t-remember-when-it-happened-last nap. When he still slept at least some of the time, he was happy to lie down […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 10th, 2010
This summer, in the midst of Simon’s existential angst over the time before his existence, he developed his own, quite elaborate, creation myth. The subject first arose when Matt made a seemingly innocent reference to his time in San Francisco before I moved out to join him. (For just under three months, Matt began his […]
Posted in Career Change, Jessica on Dec 7th, 2010
Passion or Procrastination? THAT is the question. So, my quest for professional re-invention stalled at career counseling. I went, I took notes, I did the online interviews, and then I went back home and stuffed it all in a cabinet, literally and metaphorically. I guess I’m not ready. Maybe in the new year. Either way, […]