Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Apr 30th, 2012
I find the endings of things to be very difficult, and goodbyes to be the most difficult of all. Even when I’m the agent of change, and even when it’s a change I’m excited about, the leaving part always leaves me with a lump in my throat. So it happened that last Friday I checked […]
Posted in Elementary School, Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 27th, 2012
We just found out about an hour ago that Simon got into the college… er, elementary school, of our choice. He’ll join his nephew Ben, and (I hope) some familiar faces from KIP and his spring soccer team. Two of Agotich’s cousins might be there, too, as they currently attend Brandeis’s ESL head-start program. Matt […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 24th, 2012
Every now and again, my mother stuns me by saying something like “You’re nicer than I am, you and your Bubbie both. It must have skipped a generation.” I think once she even told me that I am a better person. These types of comments embarrass me hugely and make me squirm, because I think […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 21st, 2012
But that’s Simon’s new verbal tic. As in, “Simon, how’s the game going?” “Well, I hate tell you this, but Chelsea just scored.” Not that it always makes sense in context. There’s also, “Simon, what would you like for dinner?” “Well, I hate to tell you this, but I do not want a corn dog.” […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 20th, 2012
A post in which I reveal possibly a little too much about our family’s strangeness… I’ve written previously about Baby Kitten, Simon’s regular bed-time alter-ego who also shows up sporadically throughout the day. You’d think that would be weird enough, right? I’ve also described Burt Handsome, alternately Sunderland’s star goalie and striker and Simon’s soccer-playing […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 17th, 2012
Once upon a time, Simon would ask me how something worked, I’d start to explain it, and he’d zone out, change the subject, or just say “oh” if I explained too much. Today our roles changed. He wanted to watch “Wild Kratts”, I chose yesterday’s episode from the DVR, and upon reading the description said, […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 16th, 2012
I’ve heard of first-world problems and rich people problems. Lately I’ve decided that I should characterize my school indecision as “blessed woman” problems, and in case I had any doubt this past weekend proved it. Before I explain, let me back up a minute. After a period of relative internal quiet, last week I began […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 12th, 2012
A few doors down from Jim and Evie live E and H, a retired couple like them who often have their grandkids (Taylor, 5, and Tori, 3) over to visit. Whenever possible, Evie tries to grab Simon on a day that E has Taylor. The boys play well together and are fast friends. Simon tells […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 12th, 2012
I love five-year-olds. Part of what makes the age so much fun is that five is the beginning of middle childhood, that magical state I blogged about earlier when kids start acting like (mostly) rational agents and can do stuff. Simon’s ability to play basketball or soccer, learn a tennis swing, work on his catch-up-stroke […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 8th, 2012
What, you thought I might have something to say about a weekend that featured a Passover seder Saturday night and Easter lunch the next day? That perhaps I might want to ruminate on the deeper meaning of my step-mother sneaking up on my front porch to drop off an Easter basket at the same time […]