Aunt Nilsa's Big Fat Chicago Wedding part 1

Seth flew in this weekend to surprise Nilsa for her shower. He also surprised Z Charley. Luckily she was sporting her awesome red Nike dress.


Grandma Rise was also in town for the festivities. Zora is way into Aunt Nilsa's new crib.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUES

Zora Charles shares our big love of Colorado. She actually wishes we could spend half our time there, making theater, eating Wahoos and hiking . She really digs Nederland, and hopes to begin freestyle skiing this winter.

We only got to hang in CO a few days in early August while we were in Denver for the ATHE conference. Here she is with Dee and Hattie in Denver, and Sama and Bonnie Sr. in Boulder. Both Sama and Hattie made her laugh and laugh and laugh. Hattie made Zora laugh so hard in the lobby at Curious during a CNV reading that we had to go outside so she wouldn't disturb the show. All Sama had to do was look at her and she seemed to think that was hilarious.

A BIRTHDAY FEAST

As in many cultures, we celebrated the 7 month birthday of Z Charley with a feast of watered-down avocado. It was her first meal of real food. Although difficult to know for sure, it seemed a great success, since much avocado was had by all. Including the dogs, the floor and the queen herself.

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