Hi Kieran,
How are you doing? I’m doing fine, though I miss you very
much. I miss not being able to spend time with you and talking to you on the
phone every night like we used to do .
I am very excited, though, that we will see each other in
just two short weeks on Feb. 1. When we get together, we will have two big days
to celebrate: Valentine’s Day and your birthday! Grandma is whipping up some
fun Valentine’s Day sweets for you, and all of us – me, grandma and grandpa,
Uncle Chris-Aunt Suzy-and-your-cousins-Bryan-and-Rebekah – all have bought
birthday presents for you. They all miss you, too, and though you may not remember
them because you were so young the last time you saw them, they all remember
you! They can’t wait, either, to finally see you again.
How was your first week back to school? I bet seeing your
friends again after a couple of weeks off was a lot of fun. When I was a little
boy your age, it also was a lot of fun to find out what all of my friends got
for Christmas and some of the neat places they went during their winter break.
Do you enjoy the snow in Minnesota? You always liked it when
we went up to the mountains together after a snowfall. We’d go sledding
together and throw snowballs. Sometimes we’d stop off for a steaming cup of hot
chocolate. Although the winters do get long in Minnesota, one nice thing about
them is you have lots of opportunities to drink hot chocolate!
I am glad you’ve enjoyed the games, toys, art supplies and
books I’ve been bringing to our visits. Playing with and reading to again has
been a lot of fun for me, too. What games should I bring next time? I was
thinking some card games like Old Maid or Go Fish. Email me to let me know
which games you’d like to play.
You may notice that these questions were the same that I
asked the previous week. Unfortunately, your answers to them were not sent. So,
I am repeating them in hopes that your mother will correct this problem by
resending your answers (as well as your emails to my last three weeks of emails
to you).
Have you read any good books lately? One good Valentine’s
Day book you might like to find at your school or city library is “Hedgehug: A
Sharp Lesson in Love” by Dan Pinto. We read it together a couple of years ago,
and you liked it a lot. You might recall that’s about a hedgehog who looks for
someone to be his valentine, but no one wants to hug him because hedgehogs have
prickly hair. Will he find someone to give his Valentine card to? You’ll have
to read the book!
That is all for now. I love you very much and can’t wait to
see you on Feb. 1!
Love,
Dad
