Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 3rd, 2011
Has not, I hoped, “dried the sap out of [his] veins, and rent spontaneous joy and natural content out of [his] heart.” (William Butler Yeats, “The Fascination of What’s Difficult”.) I decided this summer that Simon should start piano lessons this year. He’s got the attention span and hands for it, he likes music, and […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 28th, 2011
Remember how you were with albums when you were a kid? (And if you were a kid in the post-album era, keep that quiet, eh.) How you would rush to get one and then play it over and over and over again? How, after a few months, you had so overplayed your new favorite album […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Sep 27th, 2011
Life with the nearly five-year-old is providing an increasing number of interesting questions and lines that make me laugh out loud. Below is a sampler of recent gems that don’t fit into stand-alone stories: Upon seeing a police officer speeding for no visible reason: “Who pulls over the policeman?” Upon my request that he use […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 23rd, 2011
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Fish Two weeks ago or so, Simon attended a friend’s birthday pool party. It wasn’t the perfect set-up for him, as the pool was so cold he didn’t want to spend much (or any) time in it. Still, he played outside, enjoyed being with his […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 16th, 2011
A few years ago, I spent some time pondering what I called the what-if scenario. Back then, the what-if scenario was my imagined life had I stayed in San Francisco and had Simon there. The what-if-scenario is back, only now it goes like this: What if Simon had a younger brother or sister? By now, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Sep 12th, 2011
It’s been nuts around here for the last week or so. This weekend, Simon had a swim lesson, two birthday parties, and a preschool fall fair. I also had my Saturday long run and a board meeting. And oh, Matt left town Sunday for a work trip. So mamma is tired. And one way I […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 8th, 2011
We’ve hit a new milestone in Casa Whitworth, one I didn’t think much about until it arrived. Simon has started to desire privacy. I learned this two weeks ago when he got agitated about changing out of his pajamas with Agotich in the room. At first, I thought he was just stalling for time. Then […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Sep 4th, 2011
We know this, of course, but an occasional reminder is still helpful. Mine came about two weeks ago, during the first of week of school. It was after Agotich’s first day of school, and Simon was excited to go inside her apartment and play for a while after we drove her home. There isn’t much […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Aug 29th, 2011
Some time ago, it came to my attention that the fine folks who do market research for places like Kohls and Pottery Barn have zeroed in on demographically specific tastes a bit too accurately for my liking. At that time, I was on the hunt for cute Star Wars pajamas that cost less than $45-$50. […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 27th, 2011
The tone at our house has not matched that of my last post in the slightest. Simon has been on fire, and Thursday night I quickly jotted down some of the funnier things he said before I forgot them all. Most of this was said in the car, on our way to shop for my […]