Isaac and Dad have a very strict bath time ritual and for the past year or so I have missed it exactly once.  It is really fun and it is really important to me, a daily way to help Mom out and connect with the Little Guy.

Part of this ritual is brushing Isaac's teeth.  I brushed them for a while, but now I want him to be able to do it himself.  So I hand him a brush, grab mine and we brush together.  He has started figuring out how to do it and it is just adorable.  Last night though he was brushing like an old pro.  Even though his toothpaste is kid toothpaste and thus can be swallowed, he tried, when he saw me do it, to spit it out. 

Brush, brush, brush.  Dad spits.  Isaac spits.  Brush, brush, brush.

Just about the cutest thing I have ever seen. 

We all know Jay-Z, right?  Well, there is a new rap superstar on the horizon and it is I-Z. 

When Isaac arrives at Goddard, the kids, like they do with everyone that comes in, run over to greet him.  But Isaac's name, especially that hard "c" gives them difficulties.

ASIDE

Have you ever noticed how the letter C is completely superfluous?  As a hard C it works just like a K.  As a soft C it works just like an S.  In CH, well, it does nothing on its own.  I think, for efficiency's sake, we should change the sound of the C in English to simply be the CH should.  At least then the letter would do something unique.

END ASIDE

So with this challenging sound (made by a complete waste of a letter), the kids say "Izee".  This is how we arrived at Isaac's new stage name for his rap career. 

Behold, I-Z:

I-Z striking his soon to be world renown pose--boogie lips.  And that, it turns out is the name of his posse and fellow baby kid rappers (which includes Molly, Colin and Gavin): the boogie lips.

I-Z and the Boogie Lips.  Be on the lookout.  They will be storming the charts soon.  

G-Daddy and I spent the better part of a year designing, building, and finishing a TV stand that would be, at least, Isaac resistant.  We ordered parts from all over, we used really nice wood (double face, grade A cherry plywood, and Pennsylvania black cherry hardwood), and spared no expense.  The end result is pretty stunning, with pictures to come.  In a frenzy to get it in place before Sarah's Baby Shower, Bianca and I stayed up until 11:00 PM and made a 10:00 PM trip to Wal Mart to get everything perfect.  We went to bed knowing that all of the efforts had paid off and this beautiful, custom made (by G-Daddy and I) TV stand was in the living room.

The next morning Isaac said hello by scratching the speaker grilles with his baby kid fork.  Welcome, new furniture, to the proving grounds for all furniture--Isaac's house.