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Dear Holly: Are You Going to Lose Your First Tooth This Week?

7 years, 5 months.

Dear Holly,

As Mommy and I sent you off to school this morning, it was with an open expectation that you are quite likely to lose your first tooth today.

You have been saying how you are the only kid in your 2nd grade class who still hasn’t lost one.

Right now, one of your bottom teeth is so wiggly; especially due to the fact that the permanent tooth is pushing through.

Well, if you don’t lose your tooth today at school, you surely will this weekend.

And then, finally, you can have your first interaction with the Tooth Fairy!

 

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

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Dear Holly: You Helped Mommy Bake Banana Bread for Labor Day Weekend

7 years, 5 months.

Dear Holly,

It is apparent from these pictures I took of you, that you truly love any chance you get to be involved in cooking…

Especially when it’s for something on the sweet side!

You and Mommy made a batch of banana bread for everyone to enjoy during Labor Day weekend, when we visited my side of the family in Alabama.

I am confident to believe that is the beginning on a lifelong love for baking and cooking.

And I appreciate that- because even if no one else likes my cooking…

I at least enjoy cooking anyway!

 

 

Love,

Daddy