No movement on tooth number eighteen (still in the gum).

Simon allegedly (we'd rather be in denial) pulled two kids off of the school teeter-totter in separate incidents on different days. We hope his teacher gets the picture soon that what she is doing IS NOT WORKING and that, over the summer, when the other teacher gave him time-outs, the problem stopped as soon as it began.

In other school news, Simon has started singing and counting in Spanish.

Simon is back to making a deposit into the potty (third day in a row) instead of merely using it as a chair from which to sing. He is very proud of himself this time around so we think (and hope) it will continue.

Last night Simon chose to read "Matthew's Dream." On each page he pointed out Matthew (the mouse) and said "His name is Matthew Kagle!" and "That's Matthew Kagle!" We think this is pretty great. He knows he is Simon Kagle (presumably from school) but we never mention that Daddy is Matthew Kagle and Mommy is Hava Kagle; associating our last name with his? Cool.

Tonight Simon was playing with coins (one of his favorite activities) and, kid you not, he put his closed hand behind Hava's ear, whipped it forward, and then opened it to show her the coin (as in the magic trick). Maybe it was coincidence but it sure seemed like he knew what he was doing.

Where does he learn these things?