A good night with Mom and Dad.

Dear Journal,
                       Daddy is busy, almost all the time. He is an important man in the government, that deals greatly with the army activity, so we rarely get to have supper together.
 Mommy seemed to be under a lot stress tonight.  I have no idea what she was stressed about, but I could sure tell she was because she cleaned the entire house thoroughly... 3 times. Maybe it's because I am going on that trip tomorrow for choir. Did something happen that I don't know about? All I know is that tonight we went out for dinner because tomorrow I leave for the airport and Daddy had some time off to spend with us.
 Daddy was really excited for me when he found out we were gonna go on this trip. He just kept asking all sorts of questions about it, like where exactly we were going, how long were we gonna be there and what would we do when we got there. I have never seen Daddy and Mommy so happy together. Daddy was telling her secrets and holding her hand and she would smile and giggle so often that after awhile I got sick of her constant giggling. After the appetizers Dad started talking to me about the armed forces and if I wanted to join when I got older. The truth is I kinda do and kinda don't. I told Daddy that I didn't know for sure, what would you want me to do Dad. He smiled and said that in time we will know what would be better suited for me: college, army, or both.
Mommy looked so pretty tonight! Daddy was all dressed up in his uniform, and I had worn my "special occasion" suit. Mommy buys me a new one every year.... unless I grow between those times. It seems like I am getting a new suit every three months considering I hit a growth spurt this summer and continue to grow and grow and grow. Anyway at supper Mommy was all about Daddy and Daddy was paying attention to both her and I.
 
There was something different about him tonight, I haven't quite figured it out, but he was really involved in the time we spent together at the restaurant, and even took us out for ice cream and almost took us to a late drive-in movie, til' Momma reminded him I had a plane to catch in the morning.
One day I hope to grow up and be as tall and powerful as my Dad! He controls exactly how the army reacts to threats and bombs and all sorts of things like that. I will be powerful, one day I could even be PRESIDENT!