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 Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Sep 14th, 2010
I well remember those months, now long past, when Matt and I awaited Simon’s attainment of object permanence. When, we wondered, could we hide a toy behind our back and have Simon search for it? When would he grasp the notion that things exist even when you can’t see them? According to Piaget, this developmental […]
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 Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 10th, 2010
I’ve been too busy to blog for the past few days, what with it being Rosh Hashanah and my having three services to attend and a holiday meal to help prepare. I’ll catch up anon, but I have one quick post to make before I forget. My calendar says that it’s 5771 as of Wednesday […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 6th, 2010
Saturday was little Jillian’s 3rd birthday party. Jillian is one of Simon’s classmates, and holds a special place in my heart. She’s the one who cried every morning at drop-off, resulting in Simon’s characterization of each school day as “Jillian cried”, she’s the one who prompted an unexpected conversation on race last year, and she’s […]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 1st, 2010
Thank God it’s September. What a long, strange, miserable month August was. The very first week I attended a cousin’s wedding and watched my friend Gabriel’s family reunite. Then it all crashed around me. Sudden pet death. Anticipated pet death. Family illnesses not blogged about. Two deaths related to friends of the family. Except for […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Aug 25th, 2010
In which our Anglophile trend continues and takes an unexpected turn. Despite the prevalence of myriad American guitar and bass guitar magazines, Matt, perhaps not too surprisingly, found himself preferring two British titles. They cost a fortune at the newsstand and not much less when you subscribe. Can size A-4 paper really cost that much […]
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, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 18th, 2010
An early phase of language acquisition for English speaking children is the overregulation of irregular past tense verbs. In other words, kids learn that “ed” signifies the past tense in English, and before you know it they say things like “Mommy goed to the grocery.” Simon hit that phase a while ago, probably a year […]
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 […]