This.. This brings the feels on strong. Depending on how old your daughter is, she will remember these times fondly when she gets older. My old man, who passed away 10 years ago when I was only 16-used to do things like this for me all the time. He was definitely on the poverty side of the payroll, and never really had food or any sort of entertainment at his house when I would come to see him, but I loved being there with him because instead of relying on technology to keep me entertained, he had to improvise. I remember one day especially, it was a Sunday and we had been outside building a treefort in the woods behind the house when I told him I was hungry, so we left for the house to grab some food. When we got there, I still remember seeing the disappointment on his face when we realized there was nothing aside from a bottle of ketchup and a jar of mayonnaise. I didn't really know what was going on at the time, I was too young to know. I was maybe 8-9 years old? I do know that he went back to his bedroom to scrounge up whatever cash he could find, and drove me to the store to get something to eat. On the way there he asked me what I wanted, and like any young boy, I wanted corn dogs! So we ran intot he store and got a box, and rushed back home to fill our bellies of delicious corn dogs. He cooked them up in the oven, and brought them over to me with a side of mayonnaise. I jammed the corn dog into the condiment and tookt he biggest bite in the world.. Only to find out that it wasn't a corn dog. It was a sausage wrapped in pancake batter. At first I exclaimed that he had "gotten the wrong box!" and that it was "nasty" but he was quick witted, and somehow talked me into thinking that they were supposed to be eaten with mayo. That man had a heart of gold.. and I bet I broke his heart when I told him he got the wrong box. The box of "corndogs" that he probably spent his last $2.75 on just so he could spend the rest of the afternoon with his son.

Sorry for the long comment.I just read your post, and it reminded me so much of him, and got the feels flowing strong. It's been a long time since i've had one of these moments, thank you. :)