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 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, 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, 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, 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, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jul 6th, 2010
Ever since the big race talk last December, I’ve been waiting for some sign that Simon “got it”, by which I mean that Simon saw physical differences in people and understood it was OK to notice and ask about these differences but wasn’t ascribing any deep meaning to them. Several more months of his insisting […]