Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 5th, 2010
My inquisitive little fellow is really ramping up the questions. Some lead to investigations. “Where is the water coming from?” he asks my mother after flushing the toilet. To answer him, Mom took the lid off the tank and let Simon watch the magic of valves. Others lead to laughs. “Where is R2? Does R2 […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 4th, 2010
It’s true. I played my first game of Candyland by-proxy yesterday. The shrieking player opposite me might have looked a lot like Simon, but the things that he said! Anyone reading this who knows Matt will surely recognize him in the following: Upon receiving many one-square cards in a row: “Wa-wa-wa [trombone sound]. I keep […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Oct 29th, 2010
We blame Baron. We had Simon’s costume all figured out for this year (he was going to be a hobbit), then Baron had to go and spoil it by introducing Simon to super heroes. We thought it cute and fun when Simon starting putting out his hand and making “Spcchhhh” sounds as he “threw fire” […]
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 25th, 2010
Ooof. I got a bit behind. Partly, this is a matter of my rather busy schedule of late. But mostly it’s because ever since I got my new computer, I’ve been stuck with Vista. And the geniuses at Microsoft decided to strip the “Publish photos to the web” function from Vista. So instead of selecting […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 25th, 2010
You really can’t. We are back as of last night from our annual trip to the mountains–not unsurprisingly, the mountains in October on a clear and sunny weekend made for a much better trip than last year’s trip to the mountains in December during a snow-storm. Thank goodness. Who needs a vacation like that again? […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Oct 20th, 2010
I’m still trying to decide if this is good timing, bad timing, or given-what-is-not-bad timing. I’m thinking the third… Sunday was Simon’s big kids’ birthday party at Sunny Acres Farm. We invited his first friends Sophie and Leah and his entire class to come out this barely commercialized farm to enjoy pumpkin painting, a hayride, […]
Posted in Birthday Letter, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 17th, 2010
Dear Simon, You turned four yesterday, and I could not be happier for you. I mean it! This year I am not going to introduce any moist eyes or hand wringing into the equation. Your birthday will include little nostalgia, few observations about the speeding up of time, and no regrets about how far you […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 15th, 2010
It’s all about popular! It’s not about aptitude It’s the way you’re viewed So it’s very shrewd to be Very very popular Like me! (Glinda singing “Popular” in Wicked) The writing has been on the wall for quite some time; I’ve just willfully ignored all the signs. Like many parents, I had wanted my child […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 13th, 2010
I’m a big believer in the little moments of life. Weddings, graduations, and birthdays make for better photo album entrants, but often it’s the smaller moments that linger in our memories and make a more lasting impression. Where Simon is concerned, I’m expecting memories of our playing tickle kisses to take center stage when I’m […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Oct 8th, 2010
All good things come to those who wait. I’m starting to believe that. After a few challenging months, life again seems good and easy and natural. I feel, in all honesty, that we have arrived at a domestic promised land. For one, Simon has at last made great progress on the second phase of potty […]