Hi Kieran,
Grandma Bignell and I had a wonderful visiting with you
yesterday! We both were so very happy to see you again and were so very glad
that you had fun as well.
Both of us were very impressed with your math abilities. You
are very advanced for you age! For as long as I can remember, you’ve been very
good at math. When you were only two years old, you started counting. By the
time you were three, you could count up to a 100, and by the time you were
four, you could count by fives and tens.
Playing games was a lot of fun, too. The card game you
taught us was very interesting. Your cousins Bryan and Rebekah like to play
games as well. They play everything from Candy Land to Clue and lots of card
games, like Go Fish, Old Maid, War and lots of others. Bryan also likes to play
Battleship and Stratego. When we were together, I was just starting to teach
you to play checkers and very basic chess. What games do you like to play with
your friends?
The U.S. map puzzle was a good time, as well. You know a lot
of states and where they’re located! Do you know that you’ve been to 1 out of
every 5 states? The states you’ve visited or lived in are California, Oregon,
Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. I
can tell you lots of stories of what you did in each state and have pictures of
you in most of them. What states what you like to go to?
I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the books at school. I also
read a good book recently. It was called “Being Rude” by Joy Berry. In the
book, a young boy who’s in kindergarten/first grade goes around doing all kinds
of rude things to other kids, like cutting in line and talking out of turn. He
soon finds that no one wants to be his friend at all! Will the little boy start
being nice to others so he can have friends again? You’ll have to read the book
and find out! I bet you can find it in your school or city library in the
children’s section.
Watching you discover how the piano works also was fun. I’ve
enjoyed watching you discover and learn new things. That you were so fascinated
by the piano was not surprising, for you’ve always been interested in music.
When we lived in Lancaster, you used to play my guitar, and I even bought you a
toy one to play with when we were in San Diego. You also had a recorder (a
flute-like instrument), drums, tambourine, and harmonica. In my office, you’d line
up all of your stuffies, give them each an instrument to play, and then taking
the guitar would give me a concert in which you played Beatles songs!
Have a good time at your concert Sunday! I wish I could be
there to watch you sing. I love and miss you very much and will see you on again
on Friday, April 26. I look forward to receiving your email, maybe with a picture
of you at the concert!
Love,
Dad
