A brief anecdote: One of my favorite things about watching Simon grow and learn is seeing where modeling and patterning leads him to a logical—but incorrect—understanding or action. I smile whenever he says something like “three deers” because, really, he should be right. A new one has popped up this week as we have all […]
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This was a week of returns. On Wednesday, while I was in Indianapolis, Jim and Evie returned from their almost three-week vacation and came over to the house to see Simon, who promptly shunned them. Not as badly as he shunned Molly when she returned after being away for several months, but what Matt describes […]
I took my first overnight trip away from Simon just over a year ago when I went to my company’s annual meeting in our Indianapolis office. Then I traveled three times again without Simon: to Las Vegas, to Boston, and then, regrettably, to Las Vegas again. Travel is gearing up again, as I leave for […]
As I wipe off yogurt hand-prints from my couch, it occurs to me that it may be time to institute better house rules over here. Luckily enough, Simon is showing signs of having a, shall we say, cultured, bent to him. Part of this comes from KIP. After all, many of his teachers are Russian, […]
I haven’t done one of these things in about a year, so I thought it might be time. The current list of favorites includes: “Simon do it! Bean”: The staircase leading down to our basement is open on one side, and we worry Simon will fall over the edge and hurt himself. So Matt bought […]
Sometimes, Simon gets something right, and Matt and I feel terrible about it. Take the whole “papa” thing. Matt decided he wanted to be called “papa” before Simon was ever born. But from the moment he began speaking, Simon called Matt “daddy.” This papa/daddy squabble went on for months, with both sides entrenched in their […]
It’s finally warming up here in Louisville, and Matt and I are both anxious to get out and enjoy the non-arctic air. Yesterday I could tell that Simon got out at school, because when he came home I spotted mud on the soles of his shoes. This little bit of dirt made me envious; I […]
Simon says something every day that leaves Matt or me—or both of us—in stitches. Sometimes it’s what he says, sometimes it’s the way he says it, and sometimes the humor is purely contextual and I feel guilty for laughing in front of him. What he says: Here are a few recent examples of imitable Simon […]
When we first put up the baby gates, Simon was around 8 or 9 months old and I was expecting him to crawl any day. I made a hash of it, and within a month or so had tripped over and knocked down both gates and not done myself any great favors, either. Then Simon […]
About a week ago, Simon uttered his first subject-verb-object sentence that did not start “I need”*. He was watching Curious George when he looked over at Matt and helpfully explained “Monkey see clock.” The sentences have been coming fast and furious since then. He’s told us when Wall-E is scared, when planes go overhead, and […]