9 years, 7 months.

Dear Holly,

One night after dinner last week, I was working on some things on the computer when I noticed that while you and Mommy were in conversation catching up on the day, you were both multitasking.

I finally stopped to notice what the two of you were working on: You were both putting together “care packages” for the Christmas parade.

You and your cousin Darla got to throw old donated Beanie Babies from the Jeep.

Meanwhile, Mommy and I were dispersing Ramen and oatmeal to anyone we passed by in the parade and positively responded to, “Want some soup or oatmeal?”

It was interesting to see that most people got more excited about being thrown actual food than candy.

Your help made this possible!

Love,

Daddy