A Word from Big Brother
We have lots of photos of Theodore's first week, which I intend to post once I get them downloaded. In the meantime, we have a couple cute Simon stories from this past week!
Children's Sermon Responses
Simon spent the night--without the rest of us--at Grandma & Grandpa's house in Red Wing this Saturday night. It was his first night away from home! Back when we thought we'd be having the C-section today, we were planning for him to spend Friday night there to give us a date night before baby arrives, and a chance to get the house in order. As it happened, baby arrived with the house not in order and no date night, and this was a nice chance for us to have a little break, as Andy needed to work on Sunday and I'm not exactly in a position to deal with both kiddos! So away he went--I cried to see him go, seeming so grown up (he did not cry, he was pretty excited)...and then once I was done crying, I had a lovely, relaxed, and quiet evening home with Andy and Theodore. We may have to make this a habit ;-).
For his part, Simon had a fabulous time--you know, ice cream at Dairy Queen on the way there, and all sorts of fun grandparent attention. He was also very well behaved--he tends to be for people other than us. He reportedly did very well in church, in particular, and actually participated in the children's sermon for the first time ever! It was Mother's Day, and the pastor was asking the children what kinds of things mother's do (or something like that--sorry if I'm butchering the story!). One child said that Moms clean, another said that they cook...and then Simon chimed in with "my Mom cooks" and after a pause..."and my Dad cooks too!" That's right, lets not forget about the Dads and their hard work!
Saying Prayers
Simon has been a bit on edge the past few days--lots of excitement, lots of people in and out, new baby brother, exhausted parents, you know...nothing not to be expected. Overall he's doing quite well, we think, but his threshold for throwing a fit over something (anything) is definitely lower than it used to be. Tonight at bedtime was one such instance...however, he settled eventually and Andy reported a shocking new twist to Simon's prayer time suggestions. When we say prayers at night, we always ask Simon "who should we pray for tonight?" He lists some people--typically going through several if not all of his relatives, actually, and then we say a prayer something along the lines of "God, thank you for Grandpa Steve, and Grandma Marilyn..." etc. Tonight, instead of just naming names, Simon said he wanted to pray for "grandpas, like Grandpa Steve...and uncles, like Uncle Nathan and Uncle Peter and Uncle David...and mamas, like Mom...and Dadas, like you...and boys, like me and Ty-Ty and CJ and Thee-dore..."! Can you believe it?! When does he make these cognitive leaps, suddenly demonstrating that he understands all the categories we use to talk about people?! It must be when I'm not looking ;-).
Children's Sermon Responses
Simon spent the night--without the rest of us--at Grandma & Grandpa's house in Red Wing this Saturday night. It was his first night away from home! Back when we thought we'd be having the C-section today, we were planning for him to spend Friday night there to give us a date night before baby arrives, and a chance to get the house in order. As it happened, baby arrived with the house not in order and no date night, and this was a nice chance for us to have a little break, as Andy needed to work on Sunday and I'm not exactly in a position to deal with both kiddos! So away he went--I cried to see him go, seeming so grown up (he did not cry, he was pretty excited)...and then once I was done crying, I had a lovely, relaxed, and quiet evening home with Andy and Theodore. We may have to make this a habit ;-).
For his part, Simon had a fabulous time--you know, ice cream at Dairy Queen on the way there, and all sorts of fun grandparent attention. He was also very well behaved--he tends to be for people other than us. He reportedly did very well in church, in particular, and actually participated in the children's sermon for the first time ever! It was Mother's Day, and the pastor was asking the children what kinds of things mother's do (or something like that--sorry if I'm butchering the story!). One child said that Moms clean, another said that they cook...and then Simon chimed in with "my Mom cooks" and after a pause..."and my Dad cooks too!" That's right, lets not forget about the Dads and their hard work!
Saying Prayers
Simon has been a bit on edge the past few days--lots of excitement, lots of people in and out, new baby brother, exhausted parents, you know...nothing not to be expected. Overall he's doing quite well, we think, but his threshold for throwing a fit over something (anything) is definitely lower than it used to be. Tonight at bedtime was one such instance...however, he settled eventually and Andy reported a shocking new twist to Simon's prayer time suggestions. When we say prayers at night, we always ask Simon "who should we pray for tonight?" He lists some people--typically going through several if not all of his relatives, actually, and then we say a prayer something along the lines of "God, thank you for Grandpa Steve, and Grandma Marilyn..." etc. Tonight, instead of just naming names, Simon said he wanted to pray for "grandpas, like Grandpa Steve...and uncles, like Uncle Nathan and Uncle Peter and Uncle David...and mamas, like Mom...and Dadas, like you...and boys, like me and Ty-Ty and CJ and Thee-dore..."! Can you believe it?! When does he make these cognitive leaps, suddenly demonstrating that he understands all the categories we use to talk about people?! It must be when I'm not looking ;-).
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Sweet stories! I can't believe Simon and the hierarchical categorizing!! That's awesome. What a smart boy!!
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