Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 26th, 2010
Seven months on, Simon’s Oedipal phase continues unabated. He loves it when Matt throws him on the bed, administers “the pile-driver” maneuver, or takes him to the “library” (AKA, coffee shop), but I’m the one he still hoards time with and gives the most spontaneous hugs and kisses to. He’s also taken to calling me […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 22nd, 2010
So we’re in the car last weekend, heading to or from one of the two birthday parties on our agenda. Matt’s USB fob is in the car radio, thus ensuring that he doesn’t have to listen to any song, ever, that he has not vetted. A Beck song comes on. Matt goes to quiz Simon: […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Apr 19th, 2010
Matt and I used to enjoy watching little snippets of NYPD Blue to laugh at the interrogation scenes. So far as we could tell and the show and most other police procedurals depicted, police work mostly amounted to putting suspects in a small room and asking them questions over and over again until they broke […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Simon says... on Apr 14th, 2010
Overheard in the car on Sunday as we drove past Keneseth Israel. “That’s my school. K-I-P. K-I-P spells preschool.” Sounds like a kicky slogan to me! Also, given my own history of spelling (Never got a 100% on any spelling test ever), this may well be prophetic. (Not that Simon will never get out of […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Simon says... on Apr 2nd, 2010
Hm. So, the cool thing about Simon’s days at KIP is that he has an entire emotional, intellectual, and physical life that is apart from me. I hear about preschool Simon, but by definition I can’t really know him except for what he and his teachers tell me. (This may change after spring break when […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 28th, 2010
Simon is turning into quite the little helper. Matt and I try to encourage this as much as possible, and our weapon of choice is positive reinforcement: Great job putting all the pillows back on the bed, Simon. “I like it when you put your toys away, Simon. It helps me keep the house neat, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 21st, 2010
Simon is in love with a show that ceased production the year he was born. The love affair was launched nearly a year ago, when my mother popped an old VHS tape of Blue’s Clues into her player. I wondered then if the show would stand the test of time. Did it ever. He adores […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 9th, 2010
We’ll have actual text again soon. Between wrapping up my job of 8 1/2 years and being ill, the creative fires are fizzling at present. Simon isn’t fizzling at all. Last week, Matt took him to the grocery store. When Simon thanked the checkout clerk, as we have trained him to do and as he […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Mar 5th, 2010
Simon has reeled off some truly amazing lines of late. Thing is, he’s reeled them out for Matt, and Matt has begun to feel weird about posting on “my blog”. It wasn’t supposed to be “my blog”, but my blog it has become. So I’m going to dole these out one or two at a […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Feb 24th, 2010
I’m not sure if this is a Simon thing or a little kid in general thing, but often Simon gives head-scratching answers to questions. It’s not so much that the answers are wrong or random, though both of things happen, so much as they are often in response to slightly different questions than what was […]