August 18

Tonight we played Scrabble while listening to Kelly Clarkson. (We walk on the wild side.) While Isaac showed his prowess for the game and kept me on my toes --which is a big deal because I'm good at Scrabble and don't usually have to work hard to win!-- Adam and Abby (and Brady) got into the musical accompaniment in an amusing way.

At some point --I think it was in the middle of "Breakaway"-- Abby picked up her phone and pecked away at the keyboard. A moment later, she flipped it around and began waving it in the air. Adam followed suit, and a few moments later, both were passionately waving their "flames" to the beat.

It didn't end there: Abby searched again and came up a selection of gifs to go along with the songs that followed, and some of them left Adam in stitches.

It's not uncommon for people to look at Abby and say 'wow, she looks like you!' or 'she's totally your mini me'. Those observations are more or less on the money, too. But she's actually quite a lot like Adam, too. They share a very similar sense of humor and a virtually identical way of dealing with social situations. It's a blessing to see them together, making each other laugh, because I think that's the way it's supposed to be for fathers and daughters.