My Date with Hannah

Today I took Hannah, my 4 year old daughter, on a long-promised date. Just the two of us. We had a wonderful time. I promised her that I would take her to see the Polar Express. We went to the 12:25 showing at the Cinemark and we were the only ones there. We had the entire theatre to ourselves. Half way through the movie, Hannah turned to me and said, "I'm glad I came with you today, Daddy." It was sweet.

Afterward, I took her to Johnny Rocket's where we shared some fries and a strawberry shake. A big strawberry kept getting caught in my straw so I told Hannah, "You know, in every strawberry milkshake they put a big strawberry and I just found it. Would you like to eat it?" Of course she said yes. Then she said, "Daddy, I think there's another strawberry in there." I didn't know if there was or not, so I swirled my straw around and there it was, a second big strawberry. I said, "Guess what Hannah, you were right. There is a second strawberry. Would you like it?" She said, "Yaaaaa" and her eyes lit up. I made sure to put some extra whip cream on that strawberry.

What a wonderful way to spend the afternoon.

Special note to the man who may one day ask to marry my daughter: If you're smart you'll take Hannah on many afternoon dates and constantly enjoy her delightful presence. If I find out that you aren't fulfilling this task (including giving her every strawberry from every shake you ever get), I promise you'll be missing a few teeth. Consider this fair warning.