Hi Kieran,
How are you today? I am doing fine, though I miss you very
much! It was so nice to receive your email on Monday and catch up on what you
were doing.
I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying summer school. Does it
go through August? Do you get some time off from school to enjoy summer
vacation? Which of your friends are going to summer school with you?
I bet seeing the dinosaurs was a lot of fun! The science
museum in St. Paul has a good collection of them. Which dinosaur was your
favorite? My favorite dinosaur is the Troodon. It walked on two legs like a
bird and had the biggest brain of all of the dinosaurs – and that still was
only as large as a chicken’s brain! Some scientists think the Troodon may have
had feathers.
The Twins game sounds fun as well! What team did they play?
Who won (Hopefully yours!)? My two favorite baseball teams are not doing very
well this season – the Dodgers are in last place and the Brewers are in fourth
place! Maybe they’ll get things turned around, but usually by the end of June
if a team isn’t in second or first place, the odds are against them going to
the playoffs. Hopefully next year they’ll do better!
I’m so proud that you’ve learned to ride a bicycle! What color is your bike?
When I was a little boy, we used to put playing cards in the spokes of our
bicycle wheel so that when we cruised down the street it made this neat thwap, thwap, thwap! sound. Maybe you
could send a picture of you on your bike.
I bet you had lots of fun at the farm. Did you get to feed any animals? Where was the farm at? Grandma and Grandpa Bignell no longer have animals on their farm, but when they did, there were cows, pigs and chickens. And of course, they had dogs and lots and lots of cats.
Tomorrow is a big day – it’s Father’s Day! This year to
celebrate Father’s Day, I am reading essays at a book store in Stillwater about
fatherhood and what a great son you are! What will you be doing for Father’s
Day this year? Friday (yesterday) also was a holiday – Flag Day, in which we
honor an important symbol of our country and all that it stands for. Did you
notice a lot of American flags out yesterday? Traditionally people hang flags
from their house on Flag Day. Did you hang one from your house?
Next Friday is the first day of summer – and also the 21st
when we get to see one another again! That’s just six days away! I can’t wait
to see you then!
Be good in summer school, and I’ll see you on Friday! I
definitely will brings the “Star Trek” stuff! I miss and love you very much!
Love,
Dad
