Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 27th, 2012
There are a few fun things Simon has said or done that I haven’t the time or energy to fully flesh out. The annual KIP fundraiser was Saturday (for which I ran check-out and helped plan and for which Matt assembled and rehearsed with a band), I’m wrapping a seemingly endless freelance project, and both […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 23rd, 2012
So Matt and Simon are in the car heading to Graeter’s for some ice cream. Prince comes on. Matt sets up the song: “Oh Simon, you’ll like this one. It’s about a number, 1999.” Simon ponders this information: “1999? That’s what everything costs on TV!” This fascinating coincidence aside, the young Mr. Whitworth is following […]
There is one, thankfully. But getting there is going to take a little explanation. I haven’t blogged much about Ashul* this year because I’ve been worried about her and didn’t think it appropriate to discuss someone else’s child in those terms. The cause for concern has been her language development, specifically her expressive (spoken) language. […]
Not to be outdone in the week’s misery index, or determined to start off next week’s with a bang, Matt has come down with a case of shingles. For those keeping score at home, that puts us at one crown (Simon), three car repairs (all on the Camry), one sinus infection (me), three skin biopsies […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 16th, 2012
I do not now and never have liked going to the dentist. The X-ray bite-wings don’t fit in my mouth, any dental work leaves my jaw aching and my lips cracked and bleeding, and I frequently have plaque build-up and inflamed gums despite near perfect dental hygiene. In fact, I dread the inevitable lectures about […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2012
Non-hypothetical question of the day; pretend like this is a word problem in math class: Given one house, two drivers, and two cars, solve for the following: Person A has to pick up Agotich 4 miles from house and get her to preschool by 9:00 a.m. Person B has to drive Simon to school by […]
Posted in Little Boy, Matthew, Simon says... on Mar 13th, 2012
After an exciting evening of Soccer practice, a late dinner and the Merseyside Derby, I was helping Simon wind down in bed. Lying there with the lights off, we were talking about one of Simon’s favorite subjects: the planets. “Earth,” I was telling him, “has a lot of things that make it a good place […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 11th, 2012
Just as there is a gulf between Whitworth and Goldstein game-playing styles, so there stands a not-unrelated chasm between attitudes towards school. This cultural divide can be best illustrated via two brief vignettes. Let’s visit young Matthew first. It’s seventh grade, and he’s sweating bullets in home-room because he has to bring home a report […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 8th, 2012
Matt is currently practicing with two bands that play an 80’s heavy rotation, meaning we’ve listened to a lot of 80’s music in the car these last 4 months or so. The hilarious result of which was the following conversation. I promise I’m not making this up! [pre-1980s song finishes playing on the radio] “Daddy, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 6th, 2012
Tonight was the first practice for Simon’s Highland Youth Recreation Team, The Rowdies. We suited him up in his shorts, jacket, shin guards, and socks, and laughed when he asked us if he looked like Balotelli [Man City striker] on our way out. Below are two pics of Simon from opening day. The first, of […]