We’re on our second straight snow day, and they’ve already called the rest of the week. Time to get the sled out! Today I put Simon in his cousin Ben’s (size 4T!) bib overalls, dragged the sled outside, and went exploring. We talked to some neighbors, met some neighbors for the first time, and had […]
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You know that guy who always has to show off? The guy who isn’t satisfied to have a drink and socialize a bit, but must, you know, talk really loudly, get up up on the bar or table to dance, let out a series of too-loud yeahs and generally make an ass out of himself? […]
This is the exact type of post Simon is most likely to be embarrassed or angry about when he gets older. I can’t do anything to change that short of not writing about it, but what happened yesterday is just too quintessential a baby/toddler experience to expunge from the record. So instead, let me say […]
Within the past three weeks, Simon has begun to engage in some imaginative play. It may have started even earlier, but I wasn’t expecting it and therefore wasn’t looking out for it, either. My friend Amanda was one of the first to spot it. We were eating lunch in the kitchen and she noticed that […]
So Simon is sick again. Has been since Friday. I haven’t written about it yet because, honestly, this our fourth trip on the toddler illness merry-go-round and there’s nothing much new except this time no barfing has been involved, Simon’s fever peaked at around 104, and we didn’t get a bad diagnosis or a bad […]
Grandparents are like fairy dust sprinkled in a child’s life. Well, the good ones are I should say. I grew up close to all my grandparents, but especially so with my maternal ones, Pearl and Lester Wolfson. They were like second parents to my brothers and me, giving us all two more people to worry […]
It’s rare that I begin a post feeling so defeated, but I have a sinking feeling this entry is doomed unless or until we capture the moment on camera and then figure out how to stream from the site. The thing is, Simon has a super adorable new-ish habit, and I think it’s going to […]
Staring at my KIP calendar back in October, one line brought shivers down my spine: “December 22-January 4: NO SCHOOL WINTER BREAK.” Like many a parent grown accustomed to child care, I looked at this line and could only think one thing, “What the heck am I going to do with him for two weeks?” […]
In the next week or so, I hope to go back and catch up on some of our goings on that slipped through the cracks between red helicopters and endless Chanukah celebrations. But first, I need to launch 2009, and I can’t think of a better way than to relay a story from my mother-in-law […]
We witnessed another delightful first today: Simon sang a song. We’ve been singing “Frere Jacques” for months around here, sometimes in French, sometimes in English, and often with on-the-spot, made-up words. We sing about the color red, we sing about Simon’s name, and we sing about lunch. “Frere Jacques” has one of those tunes that […]