Normally, October is my favorite month. The cluster of budget work, editorial meetings, and conferences that make August and September so hectic at work have wound down, the air takes on a refreshing crispness, the leaves turn glorious colors, and I get to indulge in steamed cider and caramel apples. Now that Simon has come […]
Category Archive for 'Jessica'
Old MacDonald
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Oct 27th, 2009
Here’s how to kick Old MacDonald three-year-old style: Old MacDonald had a farm, E, I, E, I. O And on that farm he had a duck, E, I, E, I, O With a quack, quack here, And a quack quack here, Here a quack, Everywhere a quack, quack, Old MacDonald had a farm, E, I, […]
Yesterday
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says..., Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2009
Aptly enough, yesterday Simon mastered the concept of, well, yesterday. Matt came downstairs to watch him while I went up to grab a shower and asked Simon if he needed a diaper change. The conversation went something like this: Matt: “Simon, do you need a new diaper?” Simon: “No, I’m fine.” Matt: “So mommy changed […]
That’s a Good Plan, Maybe
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Oct 21st, 2009
Simon has said some hilarious things the past few months. Too bad my memory is shot and I can barely remember any of them! One utterance popped up yesterday. He wanted to go into the bathroom and brush his teeth in the morning. I was to go with him. He was to use “The Thomas […]
Three
Posted in Birthday Letter, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 16th, 2009
Dear Simon, They say that by three you can pretty well tell who your child is, that whatever you see at three is what you’re going to get. The same ambiguous “they”s out there say that key intellectual and emotional development happens by three, that your child’s life, care, and experiences in the first 36 […]
Time Out
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Oct 13th, 2009
So this is funny. Simon got a time-out at school yesterday. I suppose I shouldn’t be laughing about that, but the situation was so funny that even his teacher, Ms. Jill, was laughing a bit as she told me. She also suggested that I not discuss the time out with Simon, as she didn’t want […]
Hi A & H: Your comments offered much food for thought and also made me realize I’ve left part of the story out. The book really does have a bad and misleading title, and Simon does not qualify as “difficult” under the author’s rubric. School has quit talking to me about this, too, so I […]
Throughout the past month or so, I’ve been struggling with the question of whether Simon is truly difficult. My heart had pretty much settled on “no” from the get-go, as difficult is indeed in the eye—or heart—of the beholder. My brain began to move in the same direction shortly thereafter, but doubts lingered. So Thursday night, while […]
Such a Tease
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Oct 7th, 2009
Matt and I have thought for ages that Simon has demonstrated a sense of humor. But then we’d try to remember what he said or did that seemed funny, and we’d either forget or end up with something that required a lot of interpretation. Sunday night, though, we got a full blown joke. Matt was […]
To paraphrase Sally Field, “I can’t deny that he likes me. He really, really likes me. Simon has entered what looks like a classic Oedipal phase. My response to this development is “aaaaaah,” while Matt’s is more “I better watch my back.” It’s not that Simon doesn’t love his Daddy; he clearly does so very […]