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The Local Burrito Company Closed

14 years, 7 months.

Dear Jack,

Right as we moved to Fort Payne a year ago, a new restaurant popped up called The Local Burrito Company. It immediately became one of your favorites.

Not only that, it became your official Wednesday dinner tradition. Every Wednesday night on the way home after church, I would take you to The Local Burrito Company..

It became a joke that the people who worked there didn’t even have to ask for your order. They would just see you walk with in me, then immediately start making two vegetarian burritos:

One for that night and one to heat up the next day.

Sadly, I took you there for the final time last week; as they have now closed down.

We’ll have to find you a new Wednesday night tradition for dinner!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: A Lego Baby

8 years, 9 months.

Dear Holly,

Christmas was over a month ago now, but thanks to your cousin Matt’s gift card he gave you, this week you got to pick out your final Christmas gift of 2024.

You chose a Lego set that included a daddy, a mommy, and… a tiny little Lego baby.

Seriously, I have never seen a Lego baby before!

Not only did you put the set together all by myself, but you curated a little Lego town in the corner of our living room to play with all week.

With that being said, I learned I’m still not past the point in being a parent where I step on Lego blocks in the middle of the night, when I wake up to use the bathroom but don’t bother to turn on the light!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: Your Microwavable Warmies Baby Doll

8 years, 4 months.

Dear Holly,

I’m familiar with the phrase, “Nobody puts baby in a corner!”

Based on your new Warmies baby doll, what I wish I could say is, “Nobody puts baby in a microwave!”

When we went on our summer family vacation last month to Oregon, you discovered a Warmies baby doll in one of the shops.

Though you already had a few of the Warmies stuffed animals, you insisted that you had to have the baby doll version.

I must say, “Gracie” has certainly been well taken care of ever since you got her.

But I still feel weird putting her in the microwave!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: You Chose a Shopping Spree Over a Birthday Party!

7 years.

Dear Holly,

Mommy and I have always went all out for your birthday parties. However, this year, as we prepared the expenses of planning your 7th birthday party, we came up with a simple proposal for you:

What if we simply gave you cash for half of the expense that a birthday party with your friends would have cost us?

With no hesitation, you agreed to our deal.

So a trip to Walmart and Target, with a handful of 20 dollar bills, was your “birthday party” this year.

And you were so happy!

As you stated to Mommy and I a few months ago:

“Money is my BFF!”

 

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: You are Finally Really into Barbie Dolls Now!

6 years, 6 months.

Dear Holly,

I figured you missed the boat, when it came to caring about Barbie dolls. I assumed that you just happened to be a girl who never really got into them. I didn’t give it much thought.

But clearly, at age 6 and a half, you totally care about Barbie dolls now!

Last weekend, you managed to scrape together all the loose change and 2 dollar bills you could find in your room, and were able to buy an 8 dollar Chelsea doll to add to your now growing collection.

I get the feeling this might be a Barbie kind of Christmas…

Love,

Daddy