Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 16th, 2010
My mom’s cat Barret died from liver failure Saturday, and my own cat, Percival, is in renal failure and may not have much longer himself. It’s been a tough, tough week or so around here. And when I say “tough”, I mean I have cried buckets every day for a week now. (I’ve held off […]
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, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 10th, 2010
Simon has lots of plans for when he’s a grown-up, and they aren’t the dreams of blasting off into space, digging up dinosaur bones, or driving a racing car that I would have expected. Not yet, anyway. Nope, his dreams are a bit more prosaic at present. “When I’m a grown-up,” he tells me, “I’m […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Aug 5th, 2010
I don’t know how he does it, but Simon is aces at being attracted to toys I can’t get. He had an entire week at camp themed “Disney” and never once asked for a Mickey or a Minnie. They had an Alvin and the Chipmunks week that also yielded no requests. Beach week resulted in […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Aug 4th, 2010
EVERYONE has their own stories to qualify the brutality of this summer’s heat wave (hottest on record here in Kentucky). The New York Times ran a funny piece last month that measured the misery in terms of utility workers’ overtime pay, the physical toll on firefighters and police officers, and the stir-craziness of New Yorkers […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Jul 28th, 2010
One of the unintended consequences of Simon’s love of British kids shows is that he asks for quite a few toys that don’t exist, or at least don’t exist in the US for a reasonable price. Just two weeks ago we had several frustrating (for him) conversations about why I could not go out and […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Jul 26th, 2010
Maybe I can get the car-seat thing right the third time? It seems I’ve made two parenting errors where these safety devices are concerned, one by overestimating my child’s size and readiness and the other by underestimating the same. Just before Simon turned one, we were planning a family road trip and were quite eager […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jul 23rd, 2010
I keep reading that age three to four is when imaginary play begins, and certainly we’ve been slaying monsters and doing Iron Man poses a lot around here. I also read that age three to four is when imaginary friends show up for only or oldest children. Until a week ago, I had seen no […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jul 21st, 2010
Someone’s ready for his driver’s permit! He couldn’t pass the written test at this point, but he’s verbally got the rules of the road down pretty well. “Mommy,” he’ll say as we turn into a parking spot, “you forgot to turn your turn signal on.” Or how about: “Mommy, are you driving too fast?” Or, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jul 17th, 2010
I swear we didn’t put him up to it… Here are the TV shows Simon is regularly exposed to: Tom and Jerry Curious George Syd the Science Kid Dinosaur Train Thomas and Friends Caillou Mama Mirabelle Kipper Noddy Sesame Street Bob the Builder #1 is a treat he gets at his grandparents. He loves it, […]