Mommy's Little Helper

Monthly Update

Simon playing guitar at the Folk Root Festival in our neighborhood

Catching up on the news

Simon turns more into a little boy every day.  He speaks in complete sentences and it is still surreal to be able to have full conversations with him.
A few of his favorite phrases include; what is that?  what is that noise?  what is that place? what happened?  I need that.  I need to do that.

Simon is obsessed with is daddy these days and always insists that they play choo choos together.  Simon takes his Daddy's hand and walks him over to they table. So sweet.  He is also really into brushing his teeth.  He insists on doing it by himself and doesn't even want me to do it anymore. 

He loves to read a book called "Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site" that he got from Mike.  It is a very cute bedtime story where trucks go to sleep after a hard days work.  The story rhymes and Simon is able to finish every sentence by memory.  He also loves to read "Cuso George" or Curious George books.  

Simon loves to go to the beach and asks if we can go everyday.  

He has been very interested in Zoe lately and will call to her "Zoe!  Come over here"  and if we go upstairs he will call to her "Zoe!  Come upstairs please."  He likes to help feed her too which is very sweet.

  

This boy is personality plus and we just love to see how he grows and changes all of the time.

Team USA 2032

Simon is a strong supporter of Team USA.  He has been busy trying out different sports as he begins his training for the 2032 Olympic games.  Perhaps Chicago will win the bid to host for that year?  

Will he be a cyclist?

Perhaps he will capture gold in soccer?

A sprinter?

Or will America's favorite past time make it back as an Olympic sport?

Howdy partner

Here is Simon rocking his Daddy's cowboy boots from when he was this age.  Thanks for sending them Grandma Lin and Grandpa Joe!

Christmas in July and other 2011 updates

We have spent a lot of time recently reading Simon's blog/baby book from last year.  We realized that we got so busy at the end of the year and during the holidays, that we missed a lot of updates.  The last few months of the year were an eventful time.  We finished off our visit with Grandma Lin and Grandpa Joe, spent a lot of time with family and celebrated the holidays.  2011 was a wonderful year and it is amazing to see how much smaller Simon was just 7-8 months ago.

Reading "The Truck Book" with Grandma Lin and Grandpa Joe

Reading "The Truck Book" once again with Auntie Jennifer and Stefan

Doing a little yardwork

Sue the T-Rex at the Field Museum 

My new tractor!

Who are you calling Turkey?

Happy Thanksgiving!

We took a ride on Santa's El train

Simon loved lighting the candles or "cangas" as he called them for Hanukkah

It helped that he had his Menorah puzzle to do his own candles

First snowfall

Santa's Reindeer
 

Decorating Christmas cookies with family.  Auntie Gaga made a visit too!

Nonna reading "Twas the night before Christmas" on Christmas eve

Christmas Morning

Santa brought me a train table!  I love it!

Learning with the cousins at the Museum of Science and Industry

Dancing on New Year's Eve to The Rolling Stones of course

Happy 4th of July

We had a great time at the beach on the 4th of July in Evanston with Stephine (Simon's name for Stephanie), Nonna, Dennie and Jackson.  Simon actually has made their names into one word at this point and simply calls them "DennieJacksy".  It is so cute.  Nothing gets him more excited than knowing he is going to spend time with "DennieJacksy".

First Day of Camp

Simon is attending a camp with the Chicago Park District.  It is two mornings a week for two hours and I have to stay with him.  He is in the "Coconuts" group.  It is at a big community center called Sheil Park and we rotate to different activities throughout the morning.  He has made some little friends and really enjoys the sports themed activities.

In the car on the way there.  He was very excited!

He said he was calling Daddy at work (I assume to tell him about camp)

Painting a masterpiece