Yes, it’s time for yet another installment of “Overheard in My House.” Simon is coming up with cuter and cuter things to say. I need to start keeping a notebook handy so I’ll remember more of them. This week’s installment was overheard from our room as Simon and Kate were roughhousing in Mary’s room. Kate apparently helped him (perhaps a bit unexpectedly) do a back roll. Crying ensued.
Kate: Are you okay?
Simon: Noooooo!
Kate: Did you get hurt?
Simon: YEEEEESSS!
Kate: Okay, what hurts?
Simon: MY FEEELINGS!
Kate and Simon have started something she calls “Simon School.” She picks a topic each week and they have lessons, in lieu of preschool (he’s not potty trained yet, so we can’t quite send him). This week’s theme was dinosaurs.
I think Simon School has been pretty successful so far. All day today he’s been tromping around the house in great-big Simon steps, roaring, and referring to himself as “The Tyrannosaurus Rex.” I’d post video, but our camera that takes video is in the shop (again). Anyway, it’s really cute.
When he woke up from his nap he came downstairs and told me “the Tyrannosaurus Rex turned into Simon.” And then he was all snugly. Life is good.
I had the following conversation with my mother-in-law earlier this week.
Mom: Oh the Yankees are just terrible. Our starting pitching is awful and we can’t win at all.
Me: Welcome to being a Washington Nationals Fan.
Mom: We can’t drive in runs when we have two or three players on base!
Me: Welcome to being a Baltimore Orioles Fan.
Mom: Yeah, but we pay these players enormous salaries and they can’t score at all!
Me: Welcome to being a Washington Redskins Fan!
My brother Murray on the new camera:
it’s not the camera, its the beauty of the ppl you take pictures of
so just make sure i’m in every picture and they’ll all look like professional, HQ crystal clear masterpieces”
He’s humble, that kid.
Simon’s reached the age where he’s saying more and more entertaining things. My problem is that I don’t remember the funny things he says so that I can write about them here. I need to start carrying around a note pad to write them down. I wasn’t actually around for this one, but it was funny enough secondhand that I thought I’d share.
Simon: Simon hungry. Want something else.
Kate: Would you like a banana?
Simon: No banana.
Kate: Would you like some cheese?
Simon: No cheese.
Kate: Would you like some carrots?
Simon: No carrots.
Kate (getting exasperated at this point): Would you like some bumblebees?
Simon: Bumblebees! Simon want bumblebees! Where bumblebees at? Bumblebeeeeeeesss!
God said something to the extent of “thall shalt not covet”, right? Drat. Too late.
me: Laura let me play with her iPhone this morning.
me: now I covet. dammit.
Kate: think of the monthly charges!
me: I know.
me: forget the monthly charges, think of the up-front charges. doesn’t stop me from coveting.
Laura did let me play with her brand-spanking new iPhone this morning, and boy is it nice. If I had several hundred dollars to burn and nothing better to do with it (like feed my family), I’d totally pick one up. Kate is right, though. It’s the monthly service fees that are killer. Starting at $60/mo. That’s like twice what I pay now. Kate and I share a cell phone. That means my fictitious iPhone would spend all day in the diaper bag and/or Kate’s purse. Doesn’t that defeat the point? Kate probably wouldn’t mind, though.
Still, from my 15 minute trial run, I have to say it is certainly the sexiest cell phone I’ve ever laid hands on. Apple knows user interface design. Damn.
Kate: Simon, if you had a little sister, what should we name her?
Simon: Albert!
And for all of you who are totally going to read into this, KATE IS NOT PREGNANT.
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