You'll see pictures here of us attempting to be normal, Nick and I playing catch out front of the house, Nick doing dishes at the kitchen sink (with Lisa's visit, there was lots of construction with the kitchen torn apart, but also the broken sewer line at the same time, the night she arrived, anyways you can see the backsplash finished in the picture below), a rainbow over the house. In between the horrors of making the house livable, we try to give Nick a sense of normal. Then again, it's Nick, who will randomly blurt out things like, "Animal lube, it's a breeding agent." We're sitting at Berger's one evening, and he lays out the Keno pencils in a random shape and wants me to guess what it is.. it was Russia. (Really?!) We've been watching Chernobyl on HBO (highly recommend it), so it's top of mind I suppose. As Nick says, "Welcome inside my head." Brandi was called into work for three days this month, first time in years, so that was a good change of pace.
We tried a couple new restaurants lately, from Sardini's, to Kira Japanese Steakhouse, to Brenda's, where Nick's new favorite is the meat-lovers omelette. The kid does love to eat, but he'll live off any box of crackers within reach if not forced into a meal. We installed a small fridge in the kitchen just for him, and he loves it; probably drinks ten items a day, from bottled water to sparkling water to French soda.
Nick also hung out for a day with the grandkid of our neighbors, Asher who unfortunately was only in town from TN. Seeing them communicate reminds me that other kids understand Nick even when I don't.
The photo above is of Nick and his grandma-ma, not Brandi (they still look alike!)
Photos here.
Jason
