Dear Great-Grandma,
It’s me again, Isaac! Have you been enjoying my letters lately? I have been trying to write every week and I think I am doing pretty well. I have some interesting things to tell you this week!
First, I learned to say two new words. Mommy has a little brown spot on her hand and she told me it was called a “mole.” Well, I can say that word! So now I point to everybody’s moles and say “Mole!” It is a lot of fun. The other word I learned because I pointed to something on my hand and said “mole” and she told me that it was not a mole, it was a knuckle. Well, I can’t quite say “knuckle,” but I can say “Guckle!” So that is what I do. I like moles and knuckles. Aren’t those fun words for me to say?
Second, Grandma and Grandpa Gonzol came to visit me yesterday. That was Sunday. They came to church with us and then they came home and had lunch with us and then I took a nap and when I woke up we played and played and then they went home. Grandpa sang to me a lot and Grandma gave me a balloon. Grandpa gave me piggyback rides and Grandma helped me play with the stacking rings. I showed them the new things I had learned, like how to say “mole” and “knuckle.” I can also sing the alphabet song. Well, okay, so I am not very good at that, but I can say “Ah! Eh! Oo! Eh!” and it kind of sounds right. Mommy and Daddy are always very proud, so I guess I am doing a pretty good job.
Oh, yesterday was also Mommy’s Day. I think that is what it was called. Daddy got up with me in the morning instead of Mommy and he also made lunch. I don’t know what else happened. I think somebody said the balloon was supposed to be for Mommy’s Day but I am not sure, because clearly it was for me to play with, not Mommy. Great-Grandma, are you a mommy? What is it like to be a mommy? Will I ever be a mommy?
Well, the third thing I have to tell you is something that has not happened yet. My Grandma and Grandpa Sachs are coming to visit me! They will be here later this week. Mommy says they will come Thursday night after I am in bed, and they will spend all day Friday with me. Then I think they are going somewhere else and coming back here later. I am not really sure exactly. Anyway, I am excited to see them again. I have not seen them since my birthday, and that was a very long time ago! So next week when I write I will tell you what happens when they come.
The fourth thing is that I have been having fun with Joseph this week. He is the baby who comes every day to play with me. It is funny to watch him crawl around and sometimes I crawl, too, to keep him company. It is not so funny when he takes my toys away from me. I get mad at him sometimes, and Mommy tells me I need to share, and I am starting to understand but it is still frustrating. We play with the stacking cups together. Joseph likes playing with my lawn mower and he likes riding my rocking horse but I don’t want him to ride my rocking horse. He may play with my lawn mower but not my rocking horse. My rocking horse is just for me. I hope that is okay with you, Great-Grandma, because I feel very strongly about it.
Joseph is also going to start walking sometime, just like I learned to walk when I was about his age. Well, I was a little younger, but I am very advanced for my age, don’t you think, Great-Grandma? Anyway, he was taking a step or two by himself today when Mommy was playing with him. When his mommy came for lunch he took a step towards her and she was very excited. I remember doing that for Mommy and Daddy! It was scary to let go and not hold on to their hands, but now I can walk so well that I only hold their hands when I absolutely have to. I want to do things by myself now.
There is one more thing I would like to tell you. My Mommy and Daddy like music, and so do I. I like to dance to music but I am not really very good at dancing just yet. I am still learning. Right now I stomp my feet to the music or bend my knees and bob up and down. I think that is a good beginning. Later I will add more things to my dancing. I also like to try to sing. I like the alphabet song because I can pretend to say the letters. When Mommy and Daddy sing “Down by the Bay” I can sing “Bay” for them. (I can’t say any of the other words, just “bay.”) And other songs that they sing for me, I like to sing after them. I don’t usually get the tune or the words right, but they get the idea, so it is fun to do. I think it is the practice and the enjoyment that matter right now. Don’t you think so too? Do you like to sing? I remember you singing to me a few times. It was nice to hear your Great-Grandma-y voice singing to me. It sounded just like a Great-Grandma ought to sound, and I sound just like a baby ought to sound. We are just right, you and me, don’t you think?
Well, dear Great-Grandma, I need to go to bed now. I know Daddy will sing me some lullabies! Have I told you about the lamby I like to cuddle with at night? I think I have. Yes, I think I sent you a picture, didn’t I? Well, I am going to go cuddle with my lamby now and go to sleep. I love you! Good night!
Love,
Isaac