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Dear Jack: Our New Family Ritual

12 years, 10 months.

Dear Jack,

It’s funny how just a little change in our family dynamics can go such a long way. We’re now a few weeks into your sister fully taking care of her own bedtime routine:

She does her own bath, brushes her teeth by herself, brushes her hair, and reads her own bedtime stories to me instead of me reading to her.

That means we have more available quality time together as a family, due to less work that Mommy and I have to do each night, after having worked a full day.

While “watching TV” might not seem like a good way to spend quality time together as a family, it is for us. We watch one episode before bed.

We’ve made it through both seasons of Is It Cake? Now we’ve moved on to Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog.

I think we are moving in a really good direction.

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: Your Leadership Skills are Showing at School

7 years, 5 months.

Dear Holly,

You were so proud when I walked you home from school last week and you were able to immediately announce to me:

“I was chosen as the Leader of the Month at my school!”

Specifically, you were noticed for “Being Prepared.”

We now have your certificate hanging up on our fridge door.

I know this is a sign of things to come. I am so proud of you for taking charge and believing in yourself.

It makes me curious if you will decide to officially run for leadership roles in the upcoming years at your school!

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: You’re Still Not Too Old to Enjoy Lucky Ladd Farms

12 years, 10 months.

Dear Jack,

For your entire life, we have been taking you to Lucky Ladd Farms each Fall season. This past weekend, we went as a family and both you and your sister had such a great time!

One new exhibit was what I am going to call the Bubble Machine. It was like an endless supply of snow… but bubbles instead.

While I do get sad sometimes, thinking about how the little boy version of you is long gone, I love being able to see you act like a kid again… as opposed to the teenager you will soon be!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: You Were Quite Inspired by the Nashville Sounds Baseball Game

12 years, 10 months.

Dear Jack,

Mommy is the Assistant to the CEO of the start-up company she works for in Nashville.

That means one of her responsibilities is to be the event planner for them.

We never realized that last Sunday’s Nashville Sounds baseball game was going to be such a big deal to you!

You truly enjoyed sitting in the bleachers watching the game; in addition to socializing with the other kids there.

And of course, if anyone was going to catch a fly ball, it would be you!

It just so happened you were able to get the Nashville Sounds mascot, Booster the Rooster, to sign the ball you caught!

To top it off, you told Mommy and me that you are now considering trying out for the baseball team at school.

That is exciting to think about!

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: You Now Get Yourself Ready for Bed and for School on Your Own

7 years, 5 months.

Dear Holly,

For me, this week has been big in seeing your development:

Now, you are independent to the point that you completely get yourself ready for bed. You brush your teeth, you give yourself a bath, you get yourself dressed, and you even read your own bedtime stories out loud for me to hear.

Granted, I’m happy to read you a story myself- but it seems you are eager to test out your own reading skills more than you want me to read to you.

You also now completely get yourself ready for school every morning.

This is such a big deal to me. I am so proud of you!

Love,

Daddy