Smile! Seriously!
Just for the record…I captured this rare NON-Grumpy Old Man expression on photo in a bathroom. I paused before taking the picture and thought, Is it weird I’m taking pictures of my son in a public bathroom? And then I went for it. We were about the leave the Botanical Gardens but NikkiZ had to go to the bathroom so we detoured on the way out. The echoes while we waited were cracking him up. Since I had my camera at the ready from the Gardens (I don’t normally... Read More
The “Guh” Is Silent
I am hours away from my second viewing of the Broadway tour of Wicked. If you’ll recall…LilZ and I saw it in Birmingham in April and fell more in love with it than we already were. The summer proved to be the summer of Oz as we listened to the songs (You don’t call them “soundtracks” – I know that – but I can’t remember what they’re called.) from the performance no less than 1000 times. Even NikkiZ knows them by heart. We... Read More
Orientation Night
I went to LilZ’s High School orientation last night. I’ll summarize the evening for you in bullet points: OMG. I WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION. WHEN DID I BECOME THE PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL-ER? Ooops. Sorry about that. It still sometimes freaks me out. Let’s move on. There was a lot of talk about the fact that our public schools had their classroom supply budget taken away from them this year. While there were a few calls for donations of supplies, there... Read More
Grumpy Old Man
AndyZ has gotten incredibly vocal in the last few weeks. He does this weird babble thing where he intentionally makes exaggerated expressions as he’s speaking. It comes off looking like a badly dubbed Kung Fu movie…with dialog only infants can understand. He’s also quite giggly. And laughs a lot. He does this breathing in/gasp/laugh thing that sounds like he’s choking to death. IT’S AWESOME! He’ll laugh if you’re laughing…even if... Read More
