Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy, Simon says... on Sep 20th, 2010
Simon’s birthday is next month, and I’ve been busy making arrangements for his party. As I planned his first three parties without consulting him (with mixed results), I had assumed this would be a parent-planned affair as well. And it will be, to a point, but Simon has gotten his two cents in on key [...]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, KIP (Preschool) on Sep 16th, 2010
The quintessential introductory question in San Francisco is “where are you from?” One of the biggest shocks of moving back to Louisville was realizing that the ice breaker here is “where did you go to high school?” I didn’t get it at first, but now understand that this question allows the average Louisvillian to find [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy, Simon says... on Sep 12th, 2010
In the last two weeks, as Matt and I have begun to acclimate to our pet-less lives, we were gifted with some moments of levity courtesy of Simon. Herewith, a sampler: “Daddy. When Mommy sees how good I trace my letters, she’s going to plotz!” In fact, I did. But I may have plotzed more [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Aug 20th, 2010
Simon just finished his first week in the 3s class at Keneseth Israel. And whereas previous years were marked by tears, apprehension, and general difficulty acclimating to a new setting, this year has been the exact opposite. The very first day, Simon looked a tad nervous. But we talked about it. And what with his [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Aug 17th, 2010
Today was the first day of school at KIP, and Simon’s first day upstairs with the “big kids”. He awoke a bit nervous and looked shaky getting out of the car, but once he heard his friends at the top of the stairs, all was well. Then Ruby and Greta came and got him. And [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Aug 13th, 2010
Simon is upping it in a big, big way, egged on I think by being grouped with younger kids at camp. He hated that designation, resented it mightily in fact, and told us every day about a particular child he disliked because “she cried”. The “she” in question was the youngest of the group, and [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Simon says... on Apr 14th, 2010
Overheard in the car on Sunday as we drove past Keneseth Israel. “That’s my school. K-I-P. K-I-P spells preschool.” Sounds like a kicky slogan to me! Also, given my own history of spelling (Never got a 100% on any spelling test ever), this may well be prophetic. (Not that Simon will never get out of [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Simon says... on Apr 2nd, 2010
Hm. So, the cool thing about Simon’s days at KIP is that he has an entire emotional, intellectual, and physical life that is apart from me. I hear about preschool Simon, but by definition I can’t really know him except for what he and his teachers tell me. (This may change after spring break when [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy, Simon says... on Jan 2nd, 2010
Now that we get more than “Jillian cried” when we ask Simon about school, we’re talking more about it with mixed and funny results. This has been at the fore of our conversations even though school has been out for 2 weeks now. I now know, for example, who sits on what animal at circle [...]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 18th, 2009
A few months ago I grabbed a Newsweek to read on a plane trip. I don’t normally read Newsweek, but the cover story, “Is Your Baby Racist?” got my attention. The gist of the story was that while no, your baby is probably not racist, that yes, your baby does indeed notice race. And if [...]