Hi
Kieran,
How
are you doing today? I am doing fine though I miss you like crazy!
I am
so glad that you’re having a busy and fun summer. That’s what summers should be
about when you’re young.
It
was exciting to hear that you’re learning how to swim. That’s a very important skill
to have and a fun activity. I once knew how to swim, having taken swimming lessons
as a young boy when just a little older than you, but I almost drowned once.
Now when I go in the water I tense up and can’t swim or float very well. There
are many times I wish I could go swimming, though! Have you learned how to
float yet?
I also
am glad to hear that you’re working on the bicycle riding. Besides being great
exercise, it’s lots of fun to go whooshing down the street with the blow
blowing through your hair! What color bicycle do you have?
Going
to the zoos always was a favorite trip of mine, too. I like the jungle/tropics
section of the Minnesota Zoo. Como Park Zoo has changed a lot since I was a
little boy; in the 1960s, the animals were kept in small cages, but now they
fortunately are placed in environments that are more like where they would
actually live if in the wilds. What is your favorite part of each zoo?
The
Blue Jays should be a good baseball game. I think the Twins actually might be
able to win that one! Not that I should talk – two of my teams (The San Diego
Padres and the Milwaukee Brewers) actually are doing worse than the Twins. But
the Los Angeles Dodgers are in first place, and hopefully will make the
playoffs this fall! Who will you be rooting for to win the World Series?
Football
season also is about to start. Exhibition season, in which the players get to
practice by playing games that don’t count, already are underway. Adrian
Peterson says he plans to run for 2500 yards this year. Do you think he can do
it?
Thank
you for telling me that you enjoy seeing me. I know you do – we always have
lots of fun when we get together – but it was still nice to hear anyway! I
always enjoy being with you well. In fact, I am very excited because we will get
to spend time together every week for the next three weeks! Our next visit is
in just five days on Thursday, Aug. 22. We then get together on Friday, Aug.
30, and then on Thursday, Sept. 5. Is there anything you would like me to bring
this Thursday?
Well,
that is all for now. I miss and love you very much! I look forward to reading
your next letter and will see you on Thursday!
Love,
Daddy
