Category Archives: H

Wrong Parts

H, so we were talking after your class sang your two songs here.

The next day we were watching the video of it online and you made a comment that made me stop.

You said:

I don’t like the girl that sang the second solo.

When I asked why, I thought your answer was going to be about her saying something rude or unkind on the playground, or what have you.

But you said:

She always comes in at the wrong parts.

Now I don’t know if you “don’t like her” because she got the part to sing the solo, for some other reason, or if you genuinely disliked her lack of musical prowess.

But I like the spunk!

I love you.

-Dad

Manage To Say

There once was a time when the two worst words you knew were “butt” and “hate.”

We explained simply that both were rude version of words with much better alternatives.

You both know we don’t say butt and we don’t say hate, but you still manage to say them both all the time.

This is how an actual conversation sometimes goes, often in the car.

K: We don’t say butt.

H: K! You said butt!

K: We don’t say hate.

H: Yeah, we don’t say butt or hate. Oh, great! Now I said butt and hate!

K: Stop H. We don’t say butt or hate.

H: K! Stop! Now you said butt and hate too!

Dad: Girls. Stop saying butt and hate, please?

K: We don’t say butt or hate.

H: K! Stop saying butt and hate over and over. Oh no. I said butt and hate again.

Dad: Girls. Stop talking.

K: (whispering) We don’t say butt. And we don’t say hate.

H: Dad! She did it again!

Even incorrect uses are sometimes called out.

I mean, I once gave a five minute explanation on the difference between “butt” and “but.”

Y’all are perfect. I just love the innocence of it all.

I love you.

-Dad

Two Songs

H, you were in your first Southcrest Christmas program last night.

The children’s choir (Pre-K thru fourth grade) that you are part of sang two songs at the beginning of the program.

You sang Happy Birthday Jesus and I’ll Give Him My Heart.

Before the program started they also showed a video asking Christmas questions to your Kindergarten class.

You were so beautiful and perfect and confident.

Mom and I had no idea the video was coming before it started.

Grandma and Grandpa came as well as Gammies.

K, you watched intently as H performed and then fell asleep as soon as she was finished.

Missing your nap, you slept between my lap and mom’s lap for almost an hour. Honest to goodness a marching band played Little Drummer Boy 30 feet away and you never flinched.

Gammies took us out to eat after it was over – H, you picked Olive Garden – and we were as tired as we could be when we all finally got home.

Too much stuff going in December as always.

Let’s go to bed early tonight.

I love you.

-Dad