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Dear Jack: Catchin’ Crawdads with Papa

11 years, 4 months.

Dear Jack,

You never need my help in discovering things to do, that an 11 year-old boy should want to do.

Now that the weather has been beginning to warm up, you found a colony of crawdads that live in a drain pipe on the walking trail in our neighborhood.

So with Papa in town last weekend, you made sure he accompanied you to help catch and release a few dozen.

Because when you’re a 5th grade boy, it’s easy to spend hours doing that!

Catchin’ crawdads is apparently one of the main attractions in our neighborhood. I didn’t realize that until now!

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: Your Silly “Sad and Happy” Socks

5 years, 10 months.

Dear Holly,

It has become a tradition at this point for you to look up at me and giggle in the morning after you choose your socks to wear that day, if it happens to be one of the days you choose to wear what I call your “silly sad and happy socks”.

If there were both happy socks with a smiley face on them, that would make sense for a 5 year-old little girl’s socks.

But instead, one of the socks is a sad face, while the other is a happy face.

And you just love to make me laugh by wearing them!

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: Your Sister Thinks It’s Fun to Watch You Play Video Games

11 years, 4 months.

Dear Jack,

I realized recently that one of your sister’s chosen activities throughout the week is to actively watch you play video games on your laptop.

An entire hour can pass, where it’s you playing your game, as your sister is helping you find items on the screen, or serving as an engaged audience member:

“What does that thing do, Jack?”

I can tell that you appreciate the moral support.

And it helps keep you from just playing the game in your room by yourself, because on some level, it serves as “quality time” for the two of you together.

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: Your New School Portrait, Which Spotlights Your Strawberry Blonde Hair

5 years, 9 months.

Dear Holly,

As I look at you right now, sitting next to me as I type this, I think, “No, her hair is dark blonde.”

But when I look at your new school photo, I think, “Clearly, her hair is strawberry blonde.”

That’s what Mommy and your brother immediately said the moment they saw your new photo.

Maybe it’s the lighting in photos that typically makes your hair look like it has a red hue.

I still think back to when you were 6 months old, there was a phase where your hair was undeniably red; not even strawberry blonde.

Time will tell, but as you grow older, your red hue may continue to present itself!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: You are Now a Green Striped Yellow Belt in Taekwondo!

11 years, 3 months.

Dear Jack,

This week, our family watched you take your new test and earn your next belt in Taekwondo.

No more plain yellow belt.

You received the 3rd belt in Taekwondo: Yellow with a green stripe.

It seemed quite effortless as you completed your forms, your sparring, and your board breaking; as well as counting to twenty, in Korean.

Though you normally go twice a week for lessons, you insisted on going four times this past week, to be best prepared to pass your test; to advance beyond the 2nd belt.

You’re now on Level 3!

Obviously, we are so proud of you.

But most importantly, you are proud of yourself…

As you should be!

Love,

Daddy