Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Feb 28th, 2013
So… we’ve all been home this week from Tuesday on for a JCPS mini-holiday. And Monday, the only day of school during this mini-week, proved to be something of a doozy. For starters, I messed up and had to be called at 4:00 to come get Simon from school. He was having a sleepover with […]
Posted in Jessica on Feb 22nd, 2013
A post in which I cannot stop recalling the words of one Rabbi Irving P. Glickman. (Odd that I remember the “P” so well, as I have no idea what it stood for…) Anyway, it is not often that my thoughts return to Rabbi Glickman, the erstwhile rabbi of Congregation Keneseth Israel back in its […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Kindergartener on Feb 20th, 2013
Last Sunday, one of Simon’s school friends had a birthday party at a trampoline gym. At times, the party looked like this: That’s Simon tossing a ball over to friends J, R, and M. That part was all good. I also could have chosen a picture of S, A, or J, three girls in his […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener, Simon says... on Feb 14th, 2013
As I’ve mentioned, our family has spent the past year watching A LOT of football. And when I say “football”, what I really mean is soccer. That other football, the one Simon is never allowed to play owing to the alarming rate of brain injuries sustained by its players, is known as “American football” in […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener, Simon says... on Feb 12th, 2013
On a pretty regular basis, I’ll haul out a word with my three-to-five-year-olds at KIP that many don’t know. Inevitably, the main teacher or assistant for that class will look at me, shake her head, and say something like “they don’t know what that means” or “they don’t know words like that.” To which I […]
Two years ago this week, I had what I called a Hillel moment and got off the couch. Literally. Matt was out of town, Simon was in bed, and I started assessing my general physical state: blood pressure at 120/78 was normal but higher than it used to be, cholesterol inching up year-over-year and now […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Kindergartener on Feb 5th, 2013
Can you guess the family member by the weekend itinerary? Friday: Dinner out with just-arrived friend from Bay Area. Saturday: a.m. Soccer game (to play). 10:30-3:30 spectator at World Championship Cyclo-cross Event. Evening visit with old friend. Sunday: a.m. Brunch at Molly Malone’s to watch big Liverpool vs. Manchester City game (soccer), evening Super Bowl […]