Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Feb 28th, 2013
So… we’ve all been home this week from Tuesday on for a JCPS mini-holiday. And Monday, the only day of school during this mini-week, proved to be something of a doozy. For starters, I messed up and had to be called at 4:00 to come get Simon from school. He was having a sleepover with […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 28th, 2012
School’s not the only thing on hiatus these days: Simon wrapped up his swimming lessons about two weeks ago, too. The way it happened was sudden and unexpected, and highlighted to me that some parenting calls are tough and that five-year-olds are still very young. It all started about six weeks ago. Having demonstrated a […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 22nd, 2012
Simon is a superlative child. In his class, he’s one of the three best readers (because he’s bright, interested, and older than most, not because he’s a genius), two best mathematicians, and two fastest runners. Also? He’s the worst artist by a comfortable margin. Mercy rules prevent me from quantifying how large a margin. How […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 20th, 2012
Three weeks ago, Simon played his last soccer game of the spring season with Highland Youth Recreation League. Two weeks ago, Simon played his first t-ball game of the summer season with Highland Youth Recreation League. That single week away from sports was really tough on him! Fortunately, he has his mom and dad to […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 16th, 2012
Shoes, that is. Simon’s shoes. Simon has been relegated to shoelaces for over a year now: we can’t find shoes with velcro closures that will stay on his skinny minny feet. (Sorry honey, that’s my fault.) Until a few days ago, however, he couldn’t tie them. So I spent a lot of quality time acting […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 7th, 2012
Simon demonstrated a surprising bit of self-knowledge today. The two of us were in the car on our way home from driving Agotich back to her apartment when he asked me about something that had happened there. “Why did Anyieth cry and try to leave the apartment?’ “Because she saw Agotich walk outside the door.” […]
Posted in Little Boy, Matthew, Simon says... on May 6th, 2012
Simon received a small Foosball table for Christmas last year from his grandparents, and, with all the soccer we’ve been watching lately, he has taken a renewed interest in it. He’s constantly begging me to play, and if I’m too busy I frequently hear him in his room narrating a game that he’s playing against […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 3rd, 2012
A few weeks ago, Simon’s pillow talk was an attempt to add two three-digit numbers. He asked me what 120 plus 120 was, and when I asked him to try to solve it himself, he came up with 140. When I reminded him that he needed to add the ones and then the twos, he […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Apr 30th, 2012
I find the endings of things to be very difficult, and goodbyes to be the most difficult of all. Even when I’m the agent of change, and even when it’s a change I’m excited about, the leaving part always leaves me with a lump in my throat. So it happened that last Friday I checked […]
Posted in Elementary School, Jessica, Little Boy on Apr 27th, 2012
We just found out about an hour ago that Simon got into the college… er, elementary school, of our choice. He’ll join his nephew Ben, and (I hope) some familiar faces from KIP and his spring soccer team. Two of Agotich’s cousins might be there, too, as they currently attend Brandeis’s ESL head-start program. Matt […]