It is parent-teacher conference time at Simon's school and we were the very first family to participate.

His teacher reports that Simon excels in arts and crafts - particularly drawing and painting. He loves music/Spanish and, oddly enough, can recognize numbers in Spanish but not in English. He also is very fond of story time. He hasn't been aggressive toward anyone in over a week and, not coincidentally, he is using his words more. Another teacher and this teacher disagree on how much he uses his words; one teacher seems to think the problem is that it is hard to understand his soft high pitched voice (the same teacher also thinks Simon is years ahead of the other kids in his class so, who knows, maybe she just likes him more). The current teacher was shocked when he used a full sentence the other day. He speaks in full sentences with us all the time. It was also reported that he hates structure, particularly standing in lines or sitting in circles and, apparently, has no interest in playing outside in the cold (we're talking 30s) with the other kids. Simon remains a staunch vegetarian and has refused to eat the last several meat-based meals offered at school.