Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 2nd, 2011
Last night, Simon took his first ever shower. His first attempt was more than a year ago; he shrieked and had to be airlifted from the premises. But yesterday, at bath-time, Matt casually asked Simon if he wanted to shower with him, and Simon surprised us all by saying yes. He loved it! Giggled a [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 10th, 2011
I wasn’t going to advertise what my mom’s surgery was, but I think she’ll be OK with it and I have to relay something Simon said. Mom had a bladder reconstruction. Seemingly, having three babies sitting on her bladder eventually took its toll. Everything works just fine; gravity (and the Goldstein kids) just moved it [...]
Thanks to everyone for the encouragement. Here’s the current status: 1. Fundraiser: Done. PA system back, monies deposited and receipts reconciled. We made good money, and I”m enjoying the iTunes playlist I made. So is Simon, who has told me, alternately, that Whiskeytown sounds like a good party and that Alison Krauss’s voice is “really [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Mar 6th, 2011
So here’s the thing. Last night was KIP’s huge annual auction and fundraiser. I was in charge of check-out (a bigger operation than I’d expected due to the difficulty of getting a credit-card machine for the night) and, with Matt, co-in charge of the music. KIP has been terrific for Simon; I was happy to [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Feb 9th, 2011
“Wipe my poor tears.” That’s what my poor mother had to deal with from yours truly for several years when I was a young girl. The story is that one day I got upset when my Bubbie was with me, and as she dabbed my eyes with her ever-present tissue, she spoke those now immortal [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Jan 28th, 2011
Simon and I have a little joke: “Why can’t Cambria do X [name of any random task],” I’ll ask? “Because he doesn’t have any hands,” Simon will helpfully explain with a huge smile on his face. Cats. Liberated from work by the lack of an opposable thumb; prevented from human play by the same. Or, [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jan 15th, 2011
My dad has many fine qualities and talents. His sense of direction and spatial capacity do not number among them. The same man who can tell you about every Dutch portrait ever painted, discuss drug interactions in dizzying detail, and make a rocking cradle that makes you want to have a dozen kids just so [...]
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 31st, 2010
And what a way to end it. In an attempt to make up for boring holiday breaks in years past, Matt and I have worked to keep Simon busy and active during the last 16 days (two to go). He’s had three days with grandparents, including one sleepover, six play-dates with KIP friends, and four [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Dec 27th, 2010
We came. We saw. We ate too much sugar and got tummy-aches. Then we ate some more. It must be Christmas time! Having gotten through Halloween and Thanksgiving, our next indigestion-inducing holiday won’t come until Passover, and that’s an entirely different flavor of indigestion! We launched the season with a trip on the Santa Express [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 20th, 2010
Now here’s a picture I would not have recognized a year ago: Cambria sitting under the Christmas tree. Or, to be more accurate, my Christmas tree. Those last three words make me need to lie down for a few minutes. Matt and I have never had a tree before: I, because I am Jewish, and [...]