Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Oct 29th, 2012
A few months ago, Matt introduced Simon to the Rebecca Black song cum Internet viral video sensation “Friday“. I knew about it, but had never actually heard it. Lucky me! It is nails on chalk-board bad. For those blissfully unaware, Rebecca Black is the daughter of wealthy parents who shelled out some serious cash to […]
Posted in Family, Kindergartener on Oct 25th, 2012
Simon might be sweet, polite, and gentle by nature, but he’s still a boy. A six-year-old boy, more specifically. And sometimes what a six-year-old boy wants and needs more than anything is a good session of wailing on someone. Poor Uncle Dan bore the brunt of sustained stuffed dolphin assault in Hilton Head this summer. […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Kindergartener on Oct 22nd, 2012
Anyone besides me go to a school where roses were delivered on Valentine’s Day as a class fundraiser? Typically, one class or organization would arrange to sell roses with notes to be delivered to other students in class. They could be signed or anonymous, and the whole thing was supposed to be a wholesome, fun […]
Posted in Birthday Letter, Jessica, Kindergartener on Oct 16th, 2012
Dear Simon, Today, at long last, you are six. Not five, not five-and-a-half or five-and-three-quarters, not even five-and-eleven-twelfths or any of the other intervals you tracked this past year. Just six: exactly, perfectly six. Relish it, for tomorrow you will be six and one three-hundred-sixty-fifth, and the countdown to the next year will begin anew. […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Oct 13th, 2012
Much as it was hard to say goodbye to KIP last year, I felt strongly that Simon needed to be somewhere with more boys for kindergarten. Lots more boys. I don’t think Simon ever had more than 2 other boys in class with him the entire time he was at KIP, meaning his friends were […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Oct 10th, 2012
I’m back from a week-long hiatus. We had an out-of-town guest and spent some time in the Smokies off the grid. I now return to my regular programming. Unless things take a bad turn in a few years, Simon is on track to be better looking than either of his parents. (No offense, honey.) He’s […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Oct 4th, 2012
For the most part, all the rules and restrictions that accompany kindergarten are not hard for Simon. He likes rules (maybe a little too much; no one likes the narc), and he finds it easy to follow them. Still, knowing that you have to eat a certain way, work a certain way, talk a certain […]
One generation ago, the vast majority of the Kahn side of my family lived in Louisville. Nowadays, we’re a pretty far-flung group. There are Kahns in the Bay Area and Southern California, Kahns in Boston and Chicago, in NYC and Colorado, in St. Louis and New Hampshire, in Atlanta and Vegas and points in-between, and […]