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Dear Holly: Ramen for Lunch During the Summer

9 years, 2 months.

Dear Holly,

During these couple of summer months, it’s never a mystery what you are having for lunch each day. While I rarely ever take a full lunch hour for myself as I work from home, I do stop long enough to prepare your daily ramen noodles on the stove top.

Once I place your bowl of hot Ramen noodles on the counter of our breakfast nook, it is tradition that I pour a cup of milk for you to drink. Next, you fill up a cup of ice and use some tongs to place the ice cubes one by one in the ramen, until it is cool enough for you to eat without burning your mouth.

You then are able to enjoy your ramen lunch while watching SpongeBob on your phone. I love that you have your little lunch tradition everyday.

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: Our 4th of July Fireworks Entertainment

14 years, 8 months.

Dear Jack,

Carrying on family traditions is extremely important to you. Your entire life, you have always been drawn to the entertainment of fireworks on the 4th of July. We gave you a budget of $50 to spend on fireworks this year, to serve as the family’s entertainment.

The city does a really good job of putting on a fireworks show on July 3rd, which we watched from the parking lot of Grace Presbyterian Church. That was fun for our family to do for our 2nd time now, since moving here a little over a year ago.

Then on the actual night of July 4th, Aunt Dana and Uncle Andrew allowed us to host your fireworks show in their backyard.

The theme of your very own fireworks show was not about beauty. It was not to entice us spectators to look up in the sky and say, “ooh” and “aah”…

Instead, it was more like, “Look out!”, as pieces of cheap toy cars you were blowing up flew into the audience.

You definitely put on a show!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: You Finally Ate a Taco?

9 years, 2 months.

Dear Holly,

Last week while we were on summer vacation, Mommy made tacos for dinner for us. What I didn’t realize was, despite being 9 years old and even having some Mexican ancestry, you had never eaten a taco before?!

So I made sure to document this historic event: Holly eats a taco for the first time.

Fortunately, you quickly confirmed you liked the taco.

So now in addition to the recently discovered sushi, as well as steak, we will now include tacos as a “new food” that you can eat.

To be fair, I don’t think I had a taco until I was about your age, when Taco Bell opened in our town.

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: Access to a Pet Bunny

14 years, 8 months.

Dear Jack,

Throughout your entire life, you have always been drawn to animals. You just seem to speak their language.

Your cousin Calla got a bunny named Hazel for her recent 14th birthday. Lucky for you, we live just down the street.

So that means for the rest of the summer, you get to hang out with Hazel whenever you feel like it.

It’s clear that Hazel likes you.

Not only do you do a great job keeping her entertained, but you help her get rest as well:

She fell asleep in your arms.

I love it that my sister has a bunny at her house… and that I don’t!

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: Playing with Your Dolls This Summer

9 years, 2 months.

Dear Holly,

My office is my bedroom. Most of the day, the door is shut and it’s actually pretty rare that I come out; even for food.

But when I do, I love it when I see you out on the living room floor playing with your dolls.

You easily spend hours at a time in your own little world; carefully feeding them, entertaining them, and helping them fall asleep to take their naps.

This is what I want to see from my 9 year-old little girl when I step out of my office.

It’s just perfect.

Love,

Daddy