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Dear Jack: You are Currently about 5′ 3″

14 years, 3 months.

Dear Jack,

When we bought you new shoes to begin your 8th grade school year, I learned that you officially have a larger shoe size than me. And since then, you have continued growing taller.

I don’t think I grew after the 8th grade. I’m pretty sure I’ve been 5′ 9″ since 1995.

You were curious enough this weekend for me to measure you. Looks like you are currently a little over 5′ 3″.

But if your shoe size is already size 10, it seems like by the time you are finished growing, there’s a decent chance you will end up being at least a little taller than me.

We’ll know for sure in a few more years.

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: A Book about Poo… from School?

8 years, 10 months.

Dear Holly,

Last Friday Mommy made it back from her work trip to Nashville in time to help work the final day of your school’s book fair.

So in addition to all the books and other fun stuff you had already ended up with last week (basically like a small Christmas), you still had one more day to grab any items you just had to have.

The most interesting thing you came home with was, to my surprise, actually a book!

Of course, the name of the book is none other than “Where’s the Poo? Sticker Activity Book”.

Because yes, that is a real thing, and you now own it.

I can confidently say that in all my elementary school years, I never once encountered a book about poo… that also happened to be a fun activity book including “over 200 poop-tastic stickers!”

 

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: The Book Fair at Your School

8 years, 10 months.

Dear Holly,

This has been a special week for you at school. Tonight it was the “Wild About Learning” event, where us parents were invited inside the classroom to see what our kids have been learning this year.

And all week long, the Book Fair has been going on. Both Aunt Dana and Nonna have been volunteering there- and of course, your cousin Darla is already in your class. Plus, Mommy will be volunteering tomorrow. So it has been a bit of a family reunion at school.

The first day, you were so excited as you came home from school and showed me what all you got from the Book Fair. I mentioned to you, “I don’t see any actual books… Mommy gave you money to buy all that?”

You immediately smiled: “Nonna bought it for me!”

Of course. That makes a lot more sense.

 

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: Bringing the Legos out of Retirement

8 years, 8 months.

Dear Holly,

After Aunt Dana’s birthday dinner at Nonna and Papa’s house Sunday night, your cousin Darla came over for a sleepover; as the two of you were out of school the next day for Martin Luther King Day.

Mommy was off, but I had to work on Monday. When I did emerge from my office/bedroom, I noticed something peculiar:

Legos were being taken of “eternal storage” in our garage and brought into the house for the two of you to play with. From there, you both decided you needed a new matching set of “Lego Friends”; which Mommy was nice enough to pick up for you at the store, after she took you both out for Starbucks.

I’d say you would consider the sleepover a success!

Love,

Daddy