Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 6th, 2010
If you are Simon. Thus this gem, uttered during Return of the Jedi: C3-PO is the line leader, and R2 is lights and caboose! Poor Artoo. Everyone knows line-leader is the cool job.
Last night was my mom’s annual Chanukah party, and today my house looks a lot like what I expect many homes do on December 26. We’ve got boxes and paper everywhere, the place is dirty, and until lunch all of us were still in pajamas playing with new toys. We were a bit worried yesterday […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 3rd, 2010
The big family party is tomorrow, but we did finally haul out the menorahs (menorot?) for tonight. Simon “helped” light the candles, surprised me by knowing what the shamas was, and very cutely tried to follow along with the Hebrew blessing. I can tell he’s having fun and learning a lot at KIP. Then he […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 1st, 2010
Six months ago, as Simon began to play board games, I began to wonder where he’d fall on the Whitworth/Goldstein gamesmanship continuum. To review, Goldsteins take game-playing to ridiculous extremes and often sap all the joy out of the enterprise. (Mom, notice that I said “Goldsteins” and not “Wolfsons.” I know exactly which side of […]