Thanks to everyone for their happy pet stories after I posted about Kitty Friend. It looks like Kitty Friend’s story is getting added to the pile. He has now been with Jim and Evie for two weeks. They both think he’s just as sweet and wonderful as I did, and the new family seems to […]
Category Archive for 'Jessica'
Dr. No
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 1st, 2010
I adore Simon’s regular pediatrician. I think he’s a great diagnostician, and I know he’s attentive and really cares about our whole family. He takes a gentle approach to Simon that has all but eliminated Simon’s anxiety in the examining room, and he approaches Matt and me as intelligent adults doing our best. His only […]
Neighbors
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 29th, 2010
Today was the Derby parade at KIP, and I’ll post (adorable) pics later. But for now, I really love this shot of Simon playing with his next door neighbor Ruby that I took last night.
Pedal for the Petals
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 29th, 2010
Ah, perspective. For a year and a half, we’ve been coaxing Simon to use the pedals on his tricycle. For the same time, he’s been resisting our efforts, quite happy to Flintstone it around the block, and quite insistent that we push him up any hills. If we tried to show him how to use […]
Decluttering
Posted in Jessica on Apr 27th, 2010
I’m now 30 days into what is supposed to be a difficult period of transition. I’m supposed to feel unmoored by my job loss and craving my old routines. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is no exaggeration to say that I have gotten more done in the last 30 days than I […]
Sweetheart
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 26th, 2010
Seven months on, Simon’s Oedipal phase continues unabated. He loves it when Matt throws him on the bed, administers “the pile-driver” maneuver, or takes him to the “library” (AKA, coffee shop), but I’m the one he still hoards time with and gives the most spontaneous hugs and kisses to. He’s also taken to calling me […]
Devil’s Haircut
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 22nd, 2010
So we’re in the car last weekend, heading to or from one of the two birthday parties on our agenda. Matt’s USB fob is in the car radio, thus ensuring that he doesn’t have to listen to any song, ever, that he has not vetted. A Beck song comes on. Matt goes to quiz Simon: […]
The Other Elephant: Part I
Posted in Career Change, Jessica on Apr 21st, 2010
Last fall, for a variety of reasons and not for the first time, I began having serious doubts about the longevity of my career in technical publishing. But with my signings in, my back-list strong, and a non-stop stream of family events from mid-October on, I backburnered my concern. Then January came around, I took […]
Interrogation
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 19th, 2010
Matt and I used to enjoy watching little snippets of NYPD Blue to laugh at the interrogation scenes. So far as we could tell and the show and most other police procedurals depicted, police work mostly amounted to putting suspects in a small room and asking them questions over and over again until they broke […]
Monday through Wednesday this week, Kitty Friend moved onto my porch and deck. He waited for us to come out and play, he ran between mine and Simon’s legs when we raced around the house (Simon demands that we alternate winning these races), and he plopped in my mom’s lap for a nice snooze when […]