Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica on Nov 17th, 2010
One of the more unkind pleasures of being young is making fun—gently—of the older generation. Specifically, when I was a kid the teasing focused on the clothes my parents’ generation wore, the music I heard on the oldies radio station (even if I liked it), and the way they generally took care of pets and […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 15th, 2010
Questions most parents dread fielding from their children: “Where do babies come from?” “Have you ever gotten drunk?” Anxiety producing questions for me and Matt: “What does that part do?” “What’s the name of that thing?” Saints preserve us, Simon is showing early signs of being a gear head. To fully appreciate the horror of […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Nov 11th, 2010
I am being rather rudely awakened from a 12-month slackening in my maternal duties. Once the terrible twos ended, I found myself with an increasingly independent, increasingly verbal, increasingly compliant, and above all increasingly predictable child. Simon was tightly scheduled, and the very few times I veered from that schedule (like attending Baron’s birthday party […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Nov 9th, 2010
A few weeks ago, we had houseguests Arnie and Jane stay with us. Arnie is my mom’s first cousin and a current resident of Northern California; Matt and I got to know him and his wife Jane during our time in San Francisco. A typical Arnie and Jane visit revolves around Matt, Simon, and I […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 5th, 2010
My inquisitive little fellow is really ramping up the questions. Some lead to investigations. “Where is the water coming from?” he asks my mother after flushing the toilet. To answer him, Mom took the lid off the tank and let Simon watch the magic of valves. Others lead to laughs. “Where is R2? Does R2 […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 4th, 2010
It’s true. I played my first game of Candyland by-proxy yesterday. The shrieking player opposite me might have looked a lot like Simon, but the things that he said! Anyone reading this who knows Matt will surely recognize him in the following: Upon receiving many one-square cards in a row: “Wa-wa-wa [trombone sound]. I keep […]
“She’s adorable. Where did you get her?” That little gem was my first taste of what it’s like to be an adoptive mother to a child of color. I’m not, of course, but this is what I look like to the other parents when I carry Agotich to and from her preschool class. The AJ […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Oct 29th, 2010
We blame Baron. We had Simon’s costume all figured out for this year (he was going to be a hobbit), then Baron had to go and spoil it by introducing Simon to super heroes. We thought it cute and fun when Simon starting putting out his hand and making “Spcchhhh” sounds as he “threw fire” […]
It’s now been just over three weeks since I brought Cambria home. It’s been a long time, fifteen years to be precise, since I had a new cat (as opposed to kitten) in my house. I had forgotten what those early days of slinking around and darting under the bed are like. It can be […]
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 25th, 2010
Ooof. I got a bit behind. Partly, this is a matter of my rather busy schedule of late. But mostly it’s because ever since I got my new computer, I’ve been stuck with Vista. And the geniuses at Microsoft decided to strip the “Publish photos to the web” function from Vista. So instead of selecting […]