Shall We Dance?
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Mar 16th, 2009
I wrote last week about seeing pictures of Simon dancing with a classmate, and now I have the images from one of his teachers to share. Thank you Ms. Jean!
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“Thank you” and “I’m sorry” might be the four most important words in English. Simon is a little young to understand why these words are so important, but I’ve decided to establish the habit now and worry about comprehension later. To date, we are having more success with expressing gratitude than we are remorse, which […]
Someone forgot to tell Simon that Friday the 13th is bad luck; he had one of his happiest days ever, the credit for which is due to Molly and Sophie. Molly came over yesterday morning to tape Simon for a class she’s taking about language development. Her spring break was this week, and Simon was […]
Itsy Bitsy Art
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Mar 11th, 2009
Last weekend, Simon’s preschool held a huge auction fundraiser. It was a complicated affair: Everyone was charged with selling raffle tickets for a drawing, each classroom solicited donations for themed baskets that were auctioned off at school the day before the big event, and then the actual cocktail party included items up for silent and live […]
The last few days have offered up a glimpse of spring. I can see buds on a smattering of trees, a few early-bird jonquils have bloomed, and the last two days have been warm. This is different than saying spring has arrived, though, because the forecast is for cold weather later in the week, most […]
Thursday night we had dinner at Jim and Evie’s, and Evie delighted me by bringing her blueberry pie—my favorite—to the table for dessert. Simon turned out to be pretty delighted, too, as he took one look at the spherical confection and launched into song: “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you….” Adorable! But also […]
This is why I think Simon is the easiest two-year-old in the world. We were upstairs tonight getting him into his PJ’s, and since Simon is really interested in numbers these days and also likes to point out clocks, I decided to introduce him to the wild world of digital alarm clocks. “See these numbers, […]
My mother-in-law was once friends with a brilliant woman who went on to start her own school that adhered to her unique theories of education. One of her precepts was that children were not to have any books that included anthropomorphism. So, no Curious George, no Richard Scary, no Dr. Seuss, and no Peter Rabbit. […]
About a week ago, as part of my daily routine, I set out cat food for Percival and Tristan’s mid-day meal. The trick at lunch-time is to get Tristan, who is usually not very hungry and takes amazing mid-day naps, to rouse himself and come downstairs before his hungrier brother, Percy, gobbles up all the […]
So I had a whole little post planned for today about how Simon imitates me. I wrote it last night and was planning to edit and post today. I’ll get around to it still—Friday perhaps?—but it’s been backburnered by Simon’s actions today. Because today Simon loved the heck out of me. I mean, he really, […]