Dear Great-Grandma,
I’m sorry that I haven’t written in a while! I think it happens sometimes that I wait too long to write, and then there are so many things to talk about that I don’t know where to start so I wait even longer. Well, anyway, here I am again and I don’t know what I should tell you first!
Maybe I will work backwards. Today Mommy made bread for me. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet but it sure looks good. I should explain that wheat makes my tummy hurt and it is very hard to make bread without wheat, so it is really something special to have homemade bread from Mommy. This is the first time she has tried it and I think she did a pretty good job. She makes lots of things for us, like granola, and yogurt, and bread, and good things for supper. I really like it when she makes spaghetti or pizza. Those are two of my favorites. I also like tuna sandwiches and peanut butter and jelly.
We have been raking leaves outside. I like to jump in the piles! Mommy says it must be an instinct because nobody told me about jumping in leaf piles, I just did it. It just seemed like a good idea, you know? I also help Mommy put the leaves in the trash can so she can carry them to the road. Then a big vacuum cleaner truck comes and sucks up all the leaves! It is really amazing.
Mommy was sick last week. She had strep throat. She had a fever and didn’t feel good, so Daddy stayed home one day and took care of me. On Friday we went to the doctor and I got a flu shot and so did she, and she also got some medicine to help her feel better. And now she is all better! That is amazing too. Daddy and I have not gotten sick yet and I hope it stays that way. Mommy thinks we will probably be okay since we haven’t gotten sick yet.
We have some chickens! Their names are Beulah, Bertha, and Elise. They are in a cage in the back yard. Beulah and Bertha are the white ones and Elise is the black and white one. None of them lay any eggs. Mommy says they don’t get enough light right now. I think maybe I should take a flashlight out there for them so they can see to lay eggs. Do you think that would be a good idea? The chickens are funny to watch but sometimes they aren’t very nice to each other and I say, “No no, chickens!” I learned that from Daddy.
We didn’t celebrate Halloween but we did go to a party with our church friends and we all dressed up in costumes. I was a baby duck and Mommy and Daddy were the mommy and daddy ducks. I think Mommy has some pictures so maybe she can send them to you somehow. I liked being a duck and saying “Quack, quack!”
I am sure there are other things that have happened but I am forgetting them all now! So I will tell you about some things I am learning lately. I am learning the alphabet. I have lots of alphabet books and so it is sort of a natural thing to want to learn what they are all about. This morning in one of my books I recognized all the letters up to “G.” I got that one wrong because it looks a lot like “C.” I also like to point out “Qs” and “Ss” everywhere we go, and the letter “O” is also a nice easy one. That is the first one I learned because it is round like a circle or an oval. I can draw circles and ovals, and I drew a whole bunch of tiny circles and ovals today. I am sending one of my pictures to you. I hope you like it.
I am learning to take care of myself, too. This week I took my pants off all by myself for the first time. Mommy made suggestions but she didn’t help me, and I did it all by myself! I can also finish taking my shirt off if you get my arms out for me. And I can sometimes put my shoes on, but I usually don’t get them on the right feet. Another thing I am learning about is cleaning up. I know that sometimes it is good to put my toys away, so I am learning about how to do that. I like to help Mommy sometimes. (Other times it is kind of annoying that she wants me to help. Why can’t I just play when I want to?)
I am also learning about how things work. I can put a tape in my tape player and press “play” and it plays music! I also have a little workbench, just my size, that I like to take apart and try and put back together. Actually, I like to take all kinds of things apart, if I am allowed to. Sometimes I can get them back together again, and sometimes I can’t. I really like to do buckles. Buckles are a lot of fun. I put them together and then Mommy takes them apart and then we do it all again.
Oh, another thing that I do every day is go wake up Mommy and Daddy. They are always in bed when I wake up, so I take my stool and carry it to their room, put it by their bed, and climb up onto it and into bed with them. I say “Good morning! Wake up!” and then one of them wakes up and comes and plays with me. The other one usually stays in bed. I don’t know why. I never want to stay in bed once I wake up. It would be a silly thing to do because there is too much to learn about!
Next week, Mommy says we are going to drive a long, long way and go to Mississippi to see Daddy’s mommy and daddy and two of his sisters. I am excited. I like riding in the car and I like looking at pictures of Grammie and Grandpa and my aunts, so I will be very happy to see them and show them all the things I have learned. I can show off my good table manners. I eat with a fork and put my napkin on my lap, and wipe my face with it when it is messy. (Well, sometimes I do.)
Okay, I am going to go play with my blocks now and build a tall tower. So I will write to you again later. I hope you have a good week!
Love,
Isaac