As promised, here is the letter my kids gave to my father for his 60th birthday.
1. He is really nice.
2. He lets us eat cookies for breakfast.
3. He lets us drive a car!
4. He always rubs my back.
5. And my feet.
6. When I am sad, he always make me feel better.
7. We have rubber band wars.
8. He makes us malts at night.
9. He makes us popcorn.
10. And root beer floats.
11. At the Christmas game, if I have something I don’t like, he gives me his.
12. He watches movies with me, even if he doesn’t want to.
13. He’s funny.
14. He buys me stuff.
15. He’s sweet.
16. He lets us have his candy.
17. And he lets us eat whatever we want.
18. He buys me pop.
19. He buys me toys.
20. He buys me food.
21. And he loves me.
22. And Jacob too.
23. He gives us a lot of junk food.
24. He always hugs us when we see him.
25. And kisses us.
26. When his mom died and I was crying, he hugged me.
27. He sometimes does what we ask.
28. When he is trying to sleep, he doesn’t care if we wake him up.
29. When he gives us root beer floats, he puts in extra ice cream.
30. When Nana says one piece of candy, Papa gives us two.
31. He supports me in sports.
32. He is unique, just like I am.
33. He lets me go to work with him when I visit.
34. He lets us fight with butter knives.
35. He pitches to me in whiffle ball.
36. He lets us light sparklers.
37. He took us to the IMAX.
38. He ate my banana so I could get a snack.
39. He teases us.
40. He helps with the water fight on the 4th of July.
41. His birthday is sometimes on Thanksgiving (that is cool).
42. He takes us to Kid’s Day.
43. He took us to the Demolition Derby (it was SO cool).
44. When Nana says “no”, he always says “yes” behind her back.
45. When I got hit by a water balloon on the 4th of July, he hit the guys back with a balloon.
46. He jumped into the lake at the Ozarks and made a big splash.
47. He lets us call him “Papa Cha-Chi”.
48. He rode the old teeter tatter with me.
49. Sometimes we go to the park AND the ice cream store in DeWitt.
50. He took us to the circus.
51. He took us to Munchkinland
52. He fills his truck with water so we can swim in it!
53. He makes sure we get to have a fun Ozarks vacation every year!
54. He lets us throw the beach ball up and down the stairs, ‘til Nana makes us stop.
55. He lets us put as much sugar as we want on our cereal.
56. When none of the little cousins are sleeping, he lets me play the piano…really loud!
57. Once, he let me have 4 pieces of gum in my mouth.
58. He lets us wear his glasses.
59. He visits us often, so we don’t have time to miss him too much.
60. He is the coolest guy we know and we love him so!
Jacob & Allie
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