Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 23rd, 2011
School started last Wednesday for Simon and Thursday for Agotich. He’s settling into the fours like a big boy, with considerable excitement and independence; I’m already barred from walking up to his class on non-Agotich days and we’re five days into the year. Meanwhile, Agotich is moving on from the toddler room to the 2s […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Aug 19th, 2011
According to the calendar, Simon is four and five sixths now. We’re big on fractions in this house; just ask Simon how much gas we have in the tank. Seeing as he is still only four and five sixths, this isn’t one of my annual mushy birthday letters. Thing is, though, developmentally Simon has made […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Aug 17th, 2011
Today Simon became an upperclassman at his preschool. It’s hard to believe that he began KIP three years ago, but it’s true. What’s even harder to wrap my head around is that many of his cohort are starting kindergarten this year. Simon misses that mark by 16 days—16 short days that bring me the gift […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Aug 9th, 2011
Like many moms of boys, the realization that I was not going to have a daughter prompted some reflection. First was that a certain chain was broken; there would never be a “3/4 generations of X women” photo like so many of my friends have and like I myself have. And regardless of whether or […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 7th, 2011
So that was a little embarrassing. Simon has picked up a few new tricks of late, chief among them the ability to undress and dress himself with minimal help. He can’t tie his shoes, but as of a few days ago he can do everything else unless a pair of pants or shorts has an […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Aug 5th, 2011
“Shall we dance? On a bright cloud of music shall we fly? Shall we dance? Shall we then say “Goodnight and mean “Goodbye”? Or perchance, When the last little star has left the sky, Shall we still be together With are arms around each other … Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we Dance?” […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 3rd, 2011
We’re bumping into them all over the place. Endurance Limits: Today’s training run was 6 miles (should have been 5, someone misread the schedule) in 90-something degree heat with a dew point of 74 and a heat index of 109. The only way I could imagine it being more humid would have been to have […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Jul 30th, 2011
This one is for all you baseball fans…. So the thing about being athletic non-entities, is that you don’t necessarily know if your kid is good at something or not. Matt and I, it is safe to say, are sports zeroes. So when Simon started hitting balls off a tee last summer, we thought it […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Jul 28th, 2011
Among the many, many changes coming Simon’s way when he leaves KIP for elementary school in a year or so will be the shuffling of the friend deck. I already know that one of Simon’s friends will be at Hawthorne or at the school where her mom teaches, and another has moved to a different […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Jul 26th, 2011
The standing refrain when people see Simon these day is something like, “Every time I see him, he’s taller.” To which my standard reply is, “Every time you see him, he is taller!” It’s true. Early this January, when I took him to the doctor he stood 40 3/4 inches tall. Five weeks later, he […]