First, a disclaimer. Despite the title, this post is not about Chanukah. Christmas is the next holiday I need to catch up on over here, and it’s not about that either. I’ll get to the non-Chanukah han-kah part soon enough. Everything about this is wrong for a small child. The setting, Matt’s allergen-filled, dusy office, […]
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So I’ve been trying to write about our Chanukah, which was fabulous, for four days now. Thing is, I’ve been so busy getting ready for Chanukah (I was knitting on deadline), then helping with Chanukah, then getting my house in order and cleaning our basement, and then getting ready for Christmas, that each day ended […]
Last year Simon had a great time at my family’s Chanukah parties. Thanks to pretty lights, his cousins, mandel bread, things that spun, and things that were shiny, he had much to entertain him. Which isn’t necessarily to say he understood anything about what was going on. He was one, so it was a bit […]
They really do. I’ve given up counting Simon’s words because each day he pops up with several new ones, words like “owl” and “moon” or “pizza” and “orange”. He doesn’t say these words as though they are grand discoveries the way he said “light” or “bus” the first time. These new utterances are accompanied by […]
We’ve been working on numbers lately, and the results are mixed. Funny, but mixed. Simon knows three numbers: one, two, and eight. We started working with two right before his birthday. “How old will you be, Simon?” we’d ask. “Tea” would come his smiling response. A few weeks ago, he started to understand that one […]
Somewhere along the line, be it from friends or books or mere wishful thinking, I got the idea that I wouldn’t have to think about potty training until Simon was 2 ½, and probably closer to three. This notion gave me great comfort; no one seems to find potty training easy or enjoyable, and diapers […]
“If You’re Happy and You Know It…”
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Toddler! on Dec 9th, 2008
“… Then your face will surely show it.” One of the singular joys of preschool is the serendipitous discovery that Simon has learned something I long ago forgot. Within the past two weeks, this has happened twice. Once Matt and sang “If You’re Happy and You Know It” to Simon, in truth to occupy his […]
Heaven help us. I think Simon has toddler colic, and it’s not a bit more fun than the newborn variety was. The issue at hand is that Simon is displaying increasing fits of temper, and the kid is just ear-splittingly loud. I realized a few months after I moved to Louisville from San Francisco that, […]
Hm. I’ve read that all toddlers have an obsessive-compulsive streak to them, and I sure hope that’s the case. Because really, what else could be the explanation for this? I, rainbow stacker of diapers, nightly inventory taker of toys, and expert folder of socks and undies, did not create this tidy line-up of Thomas engines […]
On a lighter note, if they actually did have a day like this, here’s what it would look like over at our house.