Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 28th, 2011
Matt and I are still a bit fried from our week of sinus hell. His having a work all-nighter Wednesday night didn’t help any, either, but that’s a whole ‘nother story. So Friday night when Simon brought up death, I was tired and not terribly excited about being engaged in such a potentially draining conversation. […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 24th, 2011
Yesterday Steepleton delivered and assembled Simon’s new play set. It took the crew (two very nice guys) three hours to put together, and Simon sat and watched for all but about 20 minutes. Most of the time, he sat right by the mulch line and watched as though it were a TV show. During part […]
Posted in Little Boy on Mar 20th, 2011
We had some fun at Chenoweth Park today. Simon, for reasons I still don’t understand, called me “Reverse Launcher” the entire time. We shot off Sky Lofter three times, each with great success. I tried to video the descent two times, with less success. Next up will be the HeliCAT. Simon was beyond excited by […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Mar 19th, 2011
Filed under “Having kids changes everything,” I offer Exhibits Y & Z. One would likely have never happened before Simon came along. The other certainly would not have. Exhibit Y: One of my favorite mystery writers is, or more accurately was, Elizabeth George. She writes the Thomas Lynley series about a titled , handsome, Bentley […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 17th, 2011
It’s been a while since I blogged about Simon. Given the title and ostensible purpose of this blog, that seems improbable. But ten days or so of schedule updates, health updates, and running updates has pushed the eponymous subject of Kid Amnesiac to the back-burner. Not in real life, mind you, strictly in the literary […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 10th, 2011
I wasn’t going to advertise what my mom’s surgery was, but I think she’ll be OK with it and I have to relay something Simon said. Mom had a bladder reconstruction. Seemingly, having three babies sitting on her bladder eventually took its toll. Everything works just fine; gravity (and the Goldstein kids) just moved it […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Mar 6th, 2011
So here’s the thing. Last night was KIP’s huge annual auction and fundraiser. I was in charge of check-out (a bigger operation than I’d expected due to the difficulty of getting a credit-card machine for the night) and, with Matt, co-in charge of the music. KIP has been terrific for Simon; I was happy to […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Feb 28th, 2011
Some days, Simon hardly eats any real food at all. I wonder how he can keep on going. Other days, Simon eats so much I honestly can’t figure out where it all goes. Cue hollow leg joke. Sunday he broke an all-time record. No blood sugar problems yesterday! Here’s the tally: Fruit bar Orange juice […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Feb 26th, 2011
Twice in the last month, Simon has said or done something flat-out mean to Matt or me. In both cases, I have been struck by how un-Simonlike these moments are. Simon has always been a fundamentally sweet kid, not just in my opinion, but also in that of friends, family, teachers, and sometimes total strangers. […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Feb 23rd, 2011
While we waited (and waited) for the pediatrician on Monday, Simon and I had one of the funniest conversations ever. There’s not much to do in those examining rooms (besides imagine what could cause the horrible noises coming from the next room), so the conversation turned to body parts. “Do I have a heart, Mommy?” […]