Lizzy's Gang

Lizzy hangs out with a motley crew of budding citizens of the world.  Most of her friends walk right into the house, regardless if Lizzy is home, and go straight for the snack cabinet usually eating us to the poor house.  Even having the balls to take liquor right from under my Dad nose.  Hell, Lauren stole Wyatt's goldfish the other day.  Now that's moxie when you can steal from a toddler.  The girls are great with few character flaws most of which involve cheerleading.  However, its her guy friends that astound, amaze, and never fail to crack me up.   As much as they annoy me with there wall penetrating, booming, screeching, voices at 3 in the morning, I am always fondly reminded of my high school days and am amazed at the genuinely decent people they have become.

If Jack Black, John Belushi, and Pauly Shore had a child that would be Kurt.  Kurt has the distinct ability to make me laugh no matter what my mood with his crass, witty humor.  When I told the boys that I was pregnant, Kurt said that he would marry me, give me $1000 and a $1000 to the baby because that is the right thing to do.  He is also the same man who ran into my room while Wyatt and I were sleeping and jumped into my bed because he wanted to say hi. Then when I promptly removed him ran out of the room yelling "I just got her pregnant AGAIN!" 

Stephen is Kurts younger tragically hip little brother.  He typically is attached to some kind of skateboard with skinny jeans down to his knees, a studded belt, and chunky Vans.  He could pass for a 12 year old with his very boyish, youthful face and Rob Pattinson, shock inspired hair. Rebecca has a particular fondness for Stephen and won't hear a bad word about him.  Kurt and Stephen brought Wyatt a toy when he was born which I think was much of their mothers influence but a nice gesture none the less. 

Tony, what can I possibly say about Tony?  Tony has made the blog once already.  He is an extremely opinionated, angry drunk with a heart of gold, that is the sweetest boy on the planet that I secretly (or not so) want to become my brother in law.   He is extremely protective of Lizzy in a older brother/stalker way that gets a gold star in my book.  He seems to be very mature for his age surrounded by a sense of worry and self awareness of the world he is part of.  Much of his air of maturity seems to leave him when he takes to the bottle, usually picking fights with people much bigger and older.  But you can't fault him because drinking gives most of us false confidence.

Timmy asked if he could be Wyatt's godfather while I was still pregnant.  I told him the position was already taken so he inquired about being Crazy Uncle Timmy because everyone needs a crazy uncle.  Wyatt has a Great Uncle Timmy but not a Crazy Uncle Timmy and he was satisfied with that.  He sporadically calls from college to ask how Wyatt is doing because he knows that Wyatt is missing Timmy's manly pep talks.  He is a handsome devil that can get away with anything with a flash of a smile and a few honey sweet sentences.  I probably have only seen Timmy sober once but maybe that is some of his charm.  One night, he was screaming outside my bedroom door while Wyatt was sound asleep.  I was enraged and ran out to do some yelling myself.  I was met with a stoned Timmy throwing himself at me with a bear hug for "his favorite MILF".  (His words not mine).

My point in introducing these cast of characters is I hope that Wyatt grows up to have friends like this.  I never remembered the boys of my high school days being so self-assured, so witty, so supporting and caring.  Maybe they were but I couldn't see it at the time.  I hope that I have a home that Wyatt's friends feel comfortable in, the way that Lizzy, Rebecca, and I had.  I hope that Wyatt's friends create a diverse network of support, love, and fun.  Most of all, I know that high school friendship are fleeting and I hope that the genuine affection that these boys have for one another and Lizzy will stretch far into the future.