Blog: Dadmissions: A Note To My Daughter Alicia on her 8th Birthday

So you’re turning 8 and there’s no question, that’s really fine, because there are so many things at 8, you won’t ever see at nine.

A creeping spider has 8 legs and a swimming octopus has 8 too. They’re all scary, ugly, and pretty yuk, and filled with inky goo.

Christmas has 8 maids a milking, and Hannukah 8 crazy nights. Adam Sandler’s song will tell you who’s marking the Festival of Lights.

Octagons have eight sides, just like the red stop sign on your drives. The day YOU get your car keys is the day I break out in hives.

Movies with 8 include “8-millimeter” “8-seconds” and “8-mile.” The 8th tooth is the wisdom tooth- think about THAT when you smile.

Skaters do a figure-8 as they hit the ice in a jump, skip, and glide. “Infinity” is the figure-8 if you turn that big number on its side.

There are 8 vegetables in V8 juice- 8 too many if you ask me. You love all that healthy stuff, it’s just a big, smelly, vege smoothie.

“8-tracks” were music-playing things long before IPods were created. They went the way of the VHS, tapes, and everything else outdated.

It was “8 days a week” that Beatles audiences begged to hear, but as Paul and John sang, 8 days is not enough to show you I care.

The magic 8-ball reveals life’s fortune without you needing to guess. Will you be successful, powerful, and nurturing: the signs point to yes.

So enjoy your 8th birthday and may all your wishes come true. You’re only 8 once- happy birthday from daddy you-know-who.