Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 11th, 2012
Just as there is a gulf between Whitworth and Goldstein game-playing styles, so there stands a not-unrelated chasm between attitudes towards school. This cultural divide can be best illustrated via two brief vignettes. Let’s visit young Matthew first. It’s seventh grade, and he’s sweating bullets in home-room because he has to bring home a report […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 8th, 2012
Matt is currently practicing with two bands that play an 80’s heavy rotation, meaning we’ve listened to a lot of 80’s music in the car these last 4 months or so. The hilarious result of which was the following conversation. I promise I’m not making this up! [pre-1980s song finishes playing on the radio] “Daddy, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 6th, 2012
Tonight was the first practice for Simon’s Highland Youth Recreation Team, The Rowdies. We suited him up in his shorts, jacket, shin guards, and socks, and laughed when he asked us if he looked like Balotelli [Man City striker] on our way out. Below are two pics of Simon from opening day. The first, of […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Mar 5th, 2012
This Saturday, I was beginning to wonder if my 2011 self-reinvention campaign was such a good idea. Last February, when I first decided to get in shape, it was almost a joke. Could a life-long exercise avoider and klutz really run and do pilates without hurting herself? Amazingly, the answer was yes. For a while […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 3rd, 2012
Simon played his last YMCA basketball game of the season this morning. He scored two or three times, chased down a loose ball or two, and even contested for a few rebounds. All in all, he did his team, The Thunder, proud. More importantly, he had fun and made new friends. So endeth a season. […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Mar 1st, 2012
Today was my first physical therapy session. The bad news is that my injury is weird. Weird that it’s symmetrical, weird that it’s not a straight-up tear, pull, or -itis of some sort. Weird means that there isn’t a connect-the-dots established treatment for me. The good news is also that it’s weird; whatever it is, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Feb 29th, 2012
These first few came in December. I’m sure many parents of five-year-olds are used to their sometimes dictatorial ways. But how many of them hear this particular nag? Come on, I’m ready to go to bed! It’s true: Simon has always loved his bed and is fully capable of deciding he’s ready for a nap […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Feb 27th, 2012
Next Saturday is the Anthem 5K, the beginning of the Louisville Triple Crown of Racing. Unfortunately, I won’t be running in it or any other spring race. I didn’t know it at the time, but my season ended on January 7, the day it was supposed to begin. I missed that first day because Simon […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Feb 24th, 2012
Simon style. Matt just finished reading him The Hobbit. His favorite part was “when Gandolf comes back and he’s afraid they will leave the path.” His biggest takeaway, however, is that “It’s 317 pages.” In a similar vein, we caught him checking out our copy of Anthony Shadid’s* Night Draws Near. It’s a bit above […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Feb 21st, 2012
When Simon first began talking about numbers a lot, I chalked it up to being a boy thing. (Sexist, yes, but lots of boys go through a numbers-obsessed phase.) When it seemed to ramp up early this year, I didn’t trust my objectivity. Matt and I were interested in a math/science/technology magnet school, so Simon’s […]