Dear
Kieran,
How
are you today? I’m doing fine, though I miss and love you like crazy!
I
so enjoyed my time with you on Thursday! We sure packed a lot into those two
hours!
You
certainly have a lot of energy, which is not surprising for a young boy,
especially one who’s a Bignell. All of the Bignells – my cousins and yours –
have a lot of spunk. Although I exercise daily, I must admit that all of the
karate, football, spinning and wrestling we did wore me out! You are very
strong and athletic, and I'm impressed!
I'm
so very glad that you enjoyed the volcano we made! There are more “kitchen”
experiments in the science kit, as well, including making a clock run with a
battery made from a lemon or tomato! We will have to do some of those in the
weeks ahead.
Putting
together the Bionicles was a good time, too. It brought back lots of great memories
of when we used to do that at Legoland or at my place in Encinitas. I hope you
enjoy playing with your new Bionicles!
I
enjoyed playing checkers, too. You really knew the rules well! When I was in
fourth grade, I was a master checkers player. I was so good that no one wanted
to play me because they always lost! So I turned to chess, but there were only a
couple of other students who knew how to play that. I think you’re going to be
a master checkers player, too!
Constructing
the puzzle map was fun as well. You did a great job of putting it together all
on your own while I worked on the Lone Ranger Lego kit, which I think is a
mound that scorpions live in – there’s a little catapult on it that you can
shoot the scorpions out of! Too bad we ran out of time to complete the puzzle
(or the Lego toy).
Say,
I don’t believe we looked at the football cards you received on Thursday. Which
players and teams did you get? Also, did you see the first pro football game of
the year on Thursday night? The Denver Broncos were playing the Baltimore
Ravens. You may recall that Peyton Manning now plays for the Denver Broncos. He
set a record by throwing seven touchdown passes in a single game! The Broncos
won 49-27!
What
books or stories did you read in school this past week? I read a neat book
about autumn called “Leaf Man” by Lois Ehlert. The book has pictures of leaves arranged
to look like a person – called Leaf Man – and traces his movement across the
landscape. It has a lot of cool pictures of Leaf Man in it.
We
next get together on Saturday, Sept. 14 – a week from today! Your mother and I
are still working out the times. We no longer have to meet at the visitation
center that we have been at since last winter. I have not yet decided what we
will do when we get together, but I have some ideas and promise it will be a
lot of fun!
I
look forward to seeing you then. I miss and love you very much! Be a good boy
in school this week!
Love,
Dad
