Wild Card/Monday — 11/27/06

I awoke this morning to find my wife talking to Amy Dearest in Rome. On three consecutive weekends, AD has been in Austria, Paris and Dublin. She’s also visited London, Venice and Tuscany during her semester abroad. Amazing. Here’s a kid who used to get lost driving from one side of Coeur d’Alene to the other. Now, she’s talking about the Louvre and the various plays, with original casts, in London. Am I the only parent who believes his kids are light-years ahead of his experience at their age. You can use this Wild Crowd to brag about your urchins — or to start your own post-Thanksgiving threads …