Today was Dads and Donuts at Emma’s school. Unlike in the past when I forgot, I remembered it this time. We showed up to her school and were both amazed at how many dads were in attendance. We actually had to park nearly a block away because there were so many cars in the parking lot and lining the streets. It’s nice to see so many fathers take an interest in their kids and take time out of their day for things like this.
After standing in line for a few minutes, we were served glazed donuts and chocolate milk. There was a time when this is what I would eat for breakfast almost every day. No more though. I just can’t handle this type of food so early in the morning. Heck, I can barely handle it in the afternoon now. I guess that’s what trying to eat healthy and losing a bunch of weight will do to a guy. But I digress…
The multi-purpose room was completely packed with kids and their dads all sitting on the floor eating donuts so Emma decided that we should go and sit in the hall closer to her classroom. After a short walk around the building, we found a nice, unoccupied spot on the floor and ate our donuts while Emma told me all of the cool things about her school.
After we had finished our donuts, Emma decided that it would be fun to give me a tour of the building so we got up and started walking the halls. It reminded me of when I was in school and would walk the halls before the bell rang telling me that I only had a few minutes to make it to the other side of the building. Fortunately her elementary school isn’t nearly as big as my high school was.
After finding out everything about her school, and squatting to get a drink of water from a fountain, it was time for me to go to work. I gave Emma a hug that was not returned. I asked if she was embarassed to hug me in front of everyone and she said “maybe”. This made me a bit sad at the fact that she is growing up and I’m just not cool enough anymore but I still have two more kids that love to give me hugs in public.
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