Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Kindergartener on Dec 16th, 2012
Last night we lit the eighth candle of Hanukkah, and for such a little holiday, it sure kept us busy! It also left me with some Hanukkah life lessons, one for each night: 1: Work Smarter Not Harder The next time I say, “I have a great idea!”, I hope someone stops me. This year […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Dec 11th, 2012
Or science notebook. As you may recall, science note-booking is where it went from bad to worse school-wise for Simon about a month ago. This is where he got confused on a particularly rough day, didn’t understand the assignment, didn’t raise his hand for help, messed up, cried, and lost his first dollar. Today marks […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener, Simon says..., Uncategorized on Dec 7th, 2012
We’ve had a few gems of late. Some require explanation, the first does not: “I wish I could be two Simons, so I could be two places at one time.” Get used to that feeling, buddy! “Oooh, mommy, it’s cold. I need long-sleeve pants.” Ah, six. Old enough to do cool stuff; young enough to […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Dec 3rd, 2012
Is quite percussive. Tap, tap, tap, tap. Boom! Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. Thwack! Rattle, rattle, rattle. Clang! The clamor has two sources: drumming and soccer. Between the two, you’d think it was the drumming that was overloading my sensory circuits. Yet it’s not. The drumming is loud, but only happens a couple of times […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Nov 28th, 2012
We have some resolution to Simon’s recent bout of perfectionism and in-school collapse. Last week I wrote his teacher, told him about the anxiety I was seeing at home, and asked if we could stop taking away dollars for falling apart in class and instead offer stickers for holding it together. His immediate response was […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Nov 26th, 2012
Last week I was marveling at how young and idiotic I sounded as a teenager to my grown self. This week I’m marveling at how my son’s idiotic decisions remind me so much of my own at the same age, at how idiocy repeats itself. When my brothers were in their late elementary years, I […]
Once upon a time, I was a historian who regularly thought about primary and secondary historical sources. In my new life, this doesn’t come up unless I run into a fellow academic (former or otherwise) or something historical hits the news. Until it comes time to clean my attic, that is, an occasion marked by […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Nov 19th, 2012
Between Simon’s soccer game and drum practice on Saturday, picking up a file cabinet from a friend, clearing out my attic in preparation of making it into a play-room, piles of laundry, grocery shopping, and dealing with the annual leaf deluge in our yard (So pretty in full color! Sooooo much work once they all […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener on Nov 13th, 2012
True story. When I was in second grade, my mom thought I should be tested for our school system’s accelerated academic program. My teacher, Ms. Harmon, did not. She thought I was bright enough, but that I got too upset when I did not understand something perfectly right away. (Like borrowing in subtraction. Thirty-three years […]
Posted in Jessica, Kindergartener, Simon says... on Nov 10th, 2012
Nine and a half months ago, Simon began to read. It was so exciting! Short little words to be sure, but the beginning of a fabulous adventure. By February or so, he worked through Hop on Pop. And then… well, and then a whole lotta nothing happened. Unless you count regression. We definitely had some […]