Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Sep 27th, 2011
Life with the nearly five-year-old is providing an increasing number of interesting questions and lines that make me laugh out loud. Below is a sampler of recent gems that don’t fit into stand-alone stories: Upon seeing a police officer speeding for no visible reason: “Who pulls over the policeman?” Upon my request that he use [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Sep 12th, 2011
It’s been nuts around here for the last week or so. This weekend, Simon had a swim lesson, two birthday parties, and a preschool fall fair. I also had my Saturday long run and a board meeting. And oh, Matt left town Sunday for a work trip. So mamma is tired. And one way I [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Aug 27th, 2011
The tone at our house has not matched that of my last post in the slightest. Simon has been on fire, and Thursday night I quickly jotted down some of the funnier things he said before I forgot them all. Most of this was said in the car, on our way to shop for my [...]
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, 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, 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, Simon says... on Jul 13th, 2011
Well, someone around here has baby fever, and it’s not who you think. Two years after I last tried to see if Simon was interested in playing with a doll (he wasn’t), he has taken to Annabelle the lamb, a present from my old boss Karen that arrived shortly after he did. He holds her, [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jul 5th, 2011
Some days Simon has it; other days he adorably does not. Sunday morning, Matt asked Simon to do something, Simon balked, and Matt pressed the point home with an urgent, annoyed tone. The response? “Whatever.” It doesn’t sound like much, but it was delivered with the perfect teenage mix of annoyance, superiority, detachment, and insouciance. [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jun 26th, 2011
Being a boy and being four and a half, Simon often does not want to stop whatever fun he’s having to attend to something as boring as his bladder. He’s got races to run, Superheroes to join, and bad guys to vanquish! Thus, he will dance around and grab at himself, all the while explaining [...]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on Jun 24th, 2011
Simon’s second week at camp was a foreshortened one: he only went yesterday and today. The little guy had some tummy trouble earlier in the week, and I didn’t want to send him until I knew everything was all sorted out. Aside from being yucky and a deterrent to having fun, his brief illness also [...]