Father shares young daughter’s one-liners in self-made book

One of the pure joys of spending time with young children is hearing the wild, hilarious and beautiful things that come out of their mouths.

Milwaukee journalist Tom Kertscher feels gratitude that many years ago, he put his reporter skills to work and captured some of the things his daughter, Hailey Kertscher, said as a child. Hailey joined her dad to record this “Wisconsin Life” essay, recounting some of her cute, clever and poignant moments.

After my daughter Hailey was born, I yearned for the time when she would turn 2 years old. No, I know what people say about terrible and 2.

But I was eager to do what I had long imagined: me, a first-time dad, walking hand-in-hand with my little girl…

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