Harry and Charlotte Get Booked

Harry and Charlotte are officially on the net. If they decide to jack a car in high school or rob a liquor store (every mother's fondest wish), they'll discover their fingerprints are on file with Alexandria's finest. This is not tough love. Nooooo. But the police were on hand at a Christmas Party we attended last night at the offices of McLaughlin-Ryder, the money-management company run by our investment guru and good friend Shawn McLaughlin. We go every year and see a surprising number of friends there, also with children in tow to see Santa., the night's highlight. Shawn is grossly plugged in. We're sure he'll be Governor one day. He's also the chairman of the city's Police Foundation. As such, he asked the cops to join the party (counter-intuitive I know) and give parents the chance to have the kiddies ID-ed: Height, weight, all vital stats, pictures, a video snippet and fingerprints. Short of a proctoscope it was very thorough. God forbid, one of the kids go missing, the police are that much closer to getting them back. Shiver shiver. It's called SafeAssured ID, in case you're interested for your own tyke.

Anyhow, it gave the very kind officers a laugh trying to chart a newborn...let's see....impossibly small little fingers. Her age? Officially "Zero." Weight? Changing every second. Good luck getting her to "say" something into the video camera.. Harry, it should be noted, said "hot dog" for no apparent reason. Charlotte's mug shot? She's wagging her tongue. Good work baby girl, stick it to the man.