New York Times

The NYT ran a thing called Picture Your Life After Cancer a couple of years ago where you could submit a photo and describe your life after cancer.  Apparently they're still taking submissions because I sent them Simon's picture.  You can see it here.  I'm proud of my boy.  And that has to be one of my favorite pictures of him.

I still love him anyway.

Tonight Simon did the nearly unforgivable.  He was in the bath looking at his Sesame Street bath book and pointed at Elmo and said, "Mmmmmo!"  Then he pointed at another picture of Elmo and said the same thing.  He did it probably 4 or 5 times.  Both the husband and I both take this stance with the Big E:

Seriously, Grover is where it's at, but he's never said Grover or really attempted to that I know of.  Come on, he's SUPER Grover.  We would prefer it if Simon never knew who that guy up there is.  I guess you can't shelter them forever.  Hopefully one day he'll see the light and stand firmly with Team Grover.

Tangled!

My boy LOVES him some Tangled.  I think he's watched at least part of it every day this week and can't get enough of it.  He may fidget or wander around when it's on, but he's always watching it.  And he makes the best faces in reaction to it.  I've only ever really watched the first 15 minutes or so.  There are some obvious things that can relate to him but I'm not sure he really gets or cares about that yet.  He's just really gotten his hair back.  It's still quite short but it could pass for a buzz cut.  His eyelashes and eyebrows are all back pretty full.  He no longer looks like an obvious cancer patient.  He definitely notices it coming back.  He'll rub his head and try to brush his hair.  So, someone with super long hair is kind of appropriate right now.  Also appropriate is how Rapunzel is held up in the tower and then finally gets free.  She runs around the hills and meadows and around a tree.  I can think of someone else who's recently gotten free.  Last Saturday we watched it and I got some pictures because he was actually still.  Enjoy.