Kids! Girls! not so bad..

Some of you know the story so I will make it brief. The suburban was broken into and lots of sports equipment was stolen including my oldest daughters first surfboard, my golf clubs, etc. She started learning to surf early this summer with me and fell in love with it. Our 5am sessions never got old. I honestly think she talked more to me out there then she does on the lift while snowboarding, or any other alone time in the car. Maybe its the dolphins and no waves, just opens her up. But anyway.

Two nights ago I replaced both our boards, she complained that her board was a boy board and stickr'd it all up with Roxy this and girls rule etc stickers. It was and old fun board I kept around "just in case" I had a boy. I have a garage full of things that I have said that. I was on the fence, let her pick her own board, or pick one for her. I bought one for her and had a custom sticker made up. Last night the surf was crap, so I told her that lets go for an OWS and run in the morning until the police find our boards. She was upset and ranted but was cool with it after some coaxing.

The gleam in her eyes at 5:30 in the morning when I pulled her "pink" very own board out of the back of the burby. Never seen water, wax, and stickers except for the "Lexi Rules" sticker that I truly believe made me the GREATEST FATHER EVER. She has not stopped talking about the sticker.

But the real excitement for me that I wanted to share as a father of only girls is, she is 12. She does not always catch waves as her paddle strength and old heavy board hindered her. WE would paddle for the same wave and I would catch it and she would wait for me and we would do it all over. She would just catch them on the inside. Today, for the first time, we caught the same wave. She was on the outside and actually yelled DAD, I looked back and immediately jumped over the top. I was so amp'd up you would have thought I just one a "9th" gold medal. All morning on her new very light board she was catching everything, snaking me in the process and I just never cared. She probably snaked 10 guys all morning, guys we have surfed 3 or 4 days a week with all summer, and nobody cared. She was killing it and I was just amp's that we found one more thing to enjoy together. Summer in the water, winters in the Snow. Girls are just not that bad.. Now getting her out of the water so she is was not late for school, well, we had a 12 year old moment and daddy had to give her the look. But, what a morning.

This was not brief, I am just excited! sorry!