Hi Kieran,
How are you today? I’m fine, though I miss you like crazy! I
hope you’re having a great weekend full of fun!
Thank you so much for sending the email on Friday. I enjoy
hearing about all that you’re learning in summer school, all of the fun places
you’ve gone, and everything else about you.
Learning about the states sounds like a lot of fun! Knowing
where the states are will be very useful when you travel. Do you know that
you’ve been to 11 states? They include: Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. I have
pictures of you in each of those states but two: Colorado and Utah.
Discovering the stories about all the presidents is
interesting, too, I bet! When I was a little boy, just a wee bit older than
you, I had to write a report about a president. I wrote about James K. Polk. He
was the 11th president, and during his presidency Wisconsin became a state. We
also defeated Mexico in a war under his leadership, and that victory meant
Mexico had to give up Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah
(All states you’ve visited!) to our country, The United States.
I’m so glad you’re getting to throw the football at the
park. You’ve always had quite an arm on you! Always remember to put your
fingers on the laces when throwing the football – if you do, the football will
go farther, and your throws will be more accurate.
Highland Park’s mist machines sound like a good time, too!
Do you remember the big misting machine at the California Adventure theme park?
Out of the bottom of a fake rocket engine, water would blow out – so much
sometimes that it would fog up the area! You always liked when I walked you
through it in the stroller. You would reach out and grab at the fog!
A very big holiday is coming up on Thursday – Independence
Day! It’s also known as the Fourth of July. On that day in 1776, our country
told England we no longer would be part of their country and were starting our
own! What plans do you have to celebrate the Fourth of July? Hopefully you will
get to see fireworks! I don’t think you and I have ever went to a Fourth of
July fireworks together, though we got to see some great fireworks for
Halloween and New Year's Eve.
Have you read any good books lately? I have. It was called
“Apple Pie on the Fourth of July” and was written by Janet S. Wong. It’s the
story of a little girl who tries to convince her parents – who were born in
China and have come to the United States to live – that no one wants to eat
Chinese Food on the Fourth of July. Instead, people want to eat hot dogs and
have apple pie, she tells them. Does the little girl have to eat rice and egg
rolls or will she get to have hot dogs and apple pie on the Fourth? You will
have to read the book and find out! I bet you can get it at your school or city
library.
Well, that is all for now. I look forward to receiving your
weekly email, and will write again next week in response to it. I love and miss
you very much! Have a Happy Fourth of July!
Love,
Dad
