Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jan 27th, 2012
Here are the top two… no three… no four… no five signs that your child has watched too much English Premier League football (soccer) of late: Sign 1: Not-So Casual Observation Side A ["side" = team in the lingo] makes what looks like a great goal to me. Simon chimes in: “Why didn’t they say [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jan 25th, 2012
At last, Simon has come to terms with the fact that we, unlike Mr. Gabriel and Ms. Alek, are not going to be providing him with a baby sister like Anyieth. He put it all together in one hilarious and sad free association ramble today: “I sure wish our house were like theirs [the Kwais'] [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jan 8th, 2012
Yesterday provided a lesson in how five improves everything, even being sick. Before now, a wretched night begat an equally wretched next day, albeit wretched in a different way. Typically, Simon spends the day following a bad night whiny and miserable. We understand and cut him a lot of slack, but that doesn’t make it [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jan 6th, 2012
Are a hoot, so long as you are not particularly vain. This is how he greeted my dad (birthday December 26) a week or so ago: “Hi Zadie, you’re 74 now. You’re older than my Bubbie. You used to be one year older, but now you are two years older. You’re older than my Grandma [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 19th, 2011
Simon’s bedtime chat with me as we lay side-by-side in his bed, a pretty accurate snapshot of life with him these days: “Mommy, what’s 3 plus 2?” “You tell me? “Um, 6? “No, use your fingers if you have to. “Oh! 5! “Right. “What’s 2 plus 2? “You tell me. (hereafter “) “4 “What’s 4 [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Dec 16th, 2011
Yesterday Simon has his class Chanukah party. He ended up with a Hot Wheels toy, which I was surprised fit into the assigned budget. Then I saw how flimsy it was and was less surprised. Simon loves it, it breaks on contact, and he’s been one frustrated little boy for the last 24 hours. At [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 28th, 2011
We’ve got another batch lined up that didn’t fit into specific stories: On his birthday and turning five: “I could just sit here and look at my presents all day…” “I’ve waited all my life to be five.” Sportsmanship upon winning Cars Monopoly: “I”m the king! I’m the king!” [accompanied by dance moves] Song lyrics [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 22nd, 2011
No longer content to just strum his ukulele or bang on Mr. Butch’s drums, Simon has begun writing songs. We have no idea what they sound like, as he won’t play or sing them for us. But we do have a list, and if you are familiar with the Beatles albums A Hard Day’s Night [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 11th, 2011
For the last 19 1/2 years (really!) I’ve been watching Matt sit on the couch or in a chair and strum a guitar or bass. Last night, I got a preview of things to come: And it was really sweet. Matt taught Simon a C chord on this ukulele, which we bought in Hawaii back [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Nov 6th, 2011
Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway. ~John Wayne Or, in Simon’s case, being scared to death and jumping in the pool anyway. As Simon progresses through the skills in his swimming class, only two items remain before he advances to the next level*: (1) rolling over from his front to his [...]