4 years, 2 months.

Dear Jack,

Now that we’ve officially lived in our new house in Spring Hill for a full week now, I realize the importance of specifying what events take place in Nashville; which is 35 miles away from where we live.

With that being said, yesterday we went to the glorious Pinewood Social in Nashville.

We went to lunch with Mommy’s boss, his wife, and Grandma (Mommy’s mother) who is in town this week (from Sacramento) this week to help us unpack.

The way I would describe Pinewood Social is that it’s a classy, upscale, hip, “new Nashville” restaurant with a subtle 1950’s flare.

They even had vegan options for your Daddy: I had a Thai veggie sandwich; along with fried green tomatoes and fried broccoli which our table shared.

Mommy’s boss made a point to pull me aside to express to me how impressed he was that for the whole hour while we were at the table, you were perfectly behaved.

It’s moments like that where I feel confirmation in knowing that the way Mommy and I are raising you, with limited TV time and no access to artificial colors or flavors in food, is paying off.

(We didn’t really let you watch TV at all until you were 2 years old.)

You were simply content and behaved the whole time there at Pinewood Social, completely occupied by drawing pictures of our family on sticky notes provided by your new preschool you are starting next week.

Eventually, you caught a glimpse of the bowling alley, which is part of the restaurant. So you spent a good 20 minutes bowling, with the help of the kiddy ramp.

I was amazed you were able to pick up that standard size bowling ball yourself.

On your last turn, you got your first strike!

Obviously, we had a great time at Pinewood Social. I have a feeling you’re going to ask to go back…

Love,

Daddy