Purple

I walked downstairs today and Simon was sitting at the table eating his breakfast. He turned to look at me, pointed, and said 'Purple'. I am wearing a purple shirt. That kid is so smart.

First Snowball

We had a White Christmas this year so after he opened some presents that morning, Simon went out to the backyard to try out his new boots in the fresh snow.  He had a lot of fun eating the snow, and throwing (and getting hit by) snowballs.

 More pics and videos after the jump...

Picture of the Day: 1/6/13

Eating an apple and watching the people.

Simon opening Christmas Presents

Simon got Christmas presents from his Boston Aunties a week or so after Christmas which worked out nicely to spread out his presents a bit. As an added bonus we got to record the opening of each gift too.

Opening his present from Auntie Amy (a home-quilted bib that fits perfectly):

Opening his present from Auntie Lisa (a cool wooden construction set):

Like Mama Like Baby

Now that he has his own tea set and comfy armchair, Simon likes to relax just like his mama does: curled up on the chair with a good book and cup of hot (pretend) tea.

2012 Father of the Year Nominee

I took Simon to the park a couple of weeks ago and he was having a lot of fun sliding down the slide.  He's gotten really good at it now - he can run up the long ramp to the top of the slide, carefully sit down, and scoot himself forward until he slides down all on his own.  After he climbed up and went down the slide independently about 20 times without incident, I figured I'd take a video so we can show off his new sliding skills.  And of course that's when this happened:

He was completely fine - no tears and was ready to get right back on the slide again.  But he was definitely a little more careful about sitting down the next time...

Beeyow!

Simon has been making this weird noise for a couple weeks now.  I don't think it means anything, it's probably just a fun noise for him to make.  I managed to get it on video the other day, along with him singing Itsy Bitsy Spider to me on his own.