H, tonight we went to our first daddy-daughter dance.

You were absolutely excited.

It was at the Bella Vie Wedding Venue out past 130th.

I bought you pink tulips to celebrate the occasion.

The venue consisted mainly of a dance floor, surrounded by tables and chairs, and a foyer with a finger food table and a candy table.

During the night they played 25-30 fast and crazy songs. As these played, you ran and jumped and danced with all your friends from school.

They also played 5-6 slow songs. When these songs began, you came and got me and we danced together.

I am so tall, I picked you up after a little while and held you as we danced.

Halfway through the night you ran up to me and asked:

Can we say until the very end?!

I said: “Of course.”

The last song was Cinderella, By Steven Curtis Chapman, and you put your head on my shoulder from beginning to end as we swayed.

Afterward, we ate dinner at Cho-Chop with Scott B. and Kendall B.

You can’t go to the dance until you start kindergarten. So, K, you had a dinner date with mom tonight. Y’all went to Rosas for dinner and Starbucks for desert.

I love you.

-Dad