Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on May 3rd, 2009
Simon is learning names. His names, our names, the names of his friends and teachers, all of them. First came our names, Mommy and Daddy. They’ve been around since he was under one. Then came his own name, Si-moan. That’s newer. Next up came extended family, friends, and teachers and pets: Bubbie, Grandma, Lola, Greta, […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 28th, 2009
Simon-isms, that is. We’ve had some amusing ones crop up in the last few days. Scene 1: It’s the evening wind-down, and Simon is supposed to be getting ready for his bath. He’s been summoned to the bedroom to disrobe, but instead turns towards the stairs and begins the head down them. Matt: Where are […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 20th, 2009
I’ve mentioned before that Simon can be incredibly loud and used these exact words while doing so. But this isn’t about yelling; it’s about counting.* Some time this winter, I noticed that Simon had begun to count to 10. At first, he’d count like this: Un, Too, Fee, Foe…[pause]…Eight, Nine, Ten. Then, he began going […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 20th, 2009
A compendium of recent sayings that caught my notice. Yesterday at the park: Mommy go running that way. I go running this way. That was one of several times he used “this” and “that” correctly. Yesterday night, at pre-bed story-time, he sighed happily, leaned into me, hugged me, and said: I love you, Mommy. He’s […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 18th, 2009
Today, as the family walked through the BBC Brewing Company parking lot after dinner, Simon turned back and said Bye, bye restaurant! Bye, bye ABC. How cute! we both thought. What a funny little boy we have. Then, later, we watched Cars (AKA “Race Cars”) for the umpteenth time. Matt started to talk about the […]