Month: February 2019

Ciara,

Ciara, I am sorry I just remembered I didn’t write you a letter for today.

I was waiting the whole week till the 28th would come. I knew I had to write you a letter but time went by quickly. As I don’t have any measurement when the elapsed time when days go by. Today, I believe last time I knew it was around noon and just realized it was 10 P.M. I really feel very bad if you were waiting and anticipating so much for the letter to come, but it didn’t come. I do held my self in part responsible for not doing so. I actually tried to look directly for you in the city, even though I knew it would be a very small chance that you would be there, but I made an attempt. Even this measure of a slightest degree is not acceptable. If your mother tells you that he must of forgot, or some other excuse to make sure you feel better why I didn’t other than: I did speak verbally non stop for about 7 hours or more straight with some interference that would not know that I didn’t do so. I had every intent to make sure that I did so for today. Even though I had 9 days to write it for today, I missed every opportunity to do so before hand. But even though I did not write, I made sure I had some type of control to make sure in any future date when the next time I see you and Nolan that it will be always with your mother if that’s possible.

Please expect a letter for you and Nolan too for March 1st. (Friday)

Love Dad XOXO

Hi Nolan,

Nolan, how are you doing? Are you having a fun time? Anything new that you enjoy so much that you spend a lot of time doing? You must be getting more homework at school these days since you are getting older in grade school. Are you spending more time after school than Ciara doing homework and projects to complete? Perhaps, a lot of more tests and assignments each week?

I recalled that you were in Kindergarten and it was the first time I came into your classroom. Your Mom and I enjoyed seeing all the nice activities in your classroom. Many things were there that any child could play or enjoy the most with. Right away, before anything else, you hurried and went right to the school’s computer. You were so focus and in amazement by showing us how to use it.

At home, I first recognized when you were using the computer, you would download any video game and play it right away. Within minutes without even learning any of the instructions on how to play or what the game was like, you knew how to play the video game. Nobody taught you or even had watched it before. You knew what to do by figuring out the video game. I think the first video game that I saw you play was a game with flower pots and plants with monsters coming out of the ground. Even myself, looking at the screen I didn’t even know, how you knew what to do. You enjoyed the game very much and went to the next level. I even tried to help you or even play it myself with you but I had no idea how to play.

Do you spend a lot of time playing many video games today? Are you still playing them as much? Are there any games which are your favourite? How often do you buy a new game or do you borrow any of them from a friend? When I was your age, I had about maybe about 50 video games. They were called video game cartridges. The games were never like a CD disc, but much larger in size.

Sometimes I would spend too much time playing video games. In order for me to do other things, I was only allowed a certain time to play the video games in the day. The joysticks and the power adapter was purposely taken away so I couldn’t play the video games. I then went searching through out the whole house to find the joysticks. I went searching like if it was a treasure hunt to find exactly where the joysticks were at. I searched every room in the house and eventually found the joysticks.

Nolan, the next time I will write you will be on March 1st. I hope that you don’t spend too much time playing video games but do other activities that you enjoy.

Love Dad, XOXO

Hi Ciara,

How are you? Are you playing outside? Do you still have your scooter? Ciara, you had a lot of energy and where jumping on it very quickly one summer. You were having a fun time. Now that you are older, is it too small now to use or you bought a bigger scooter now? Perhaps now, you ride a bicycle, or roller blade instead?

You were a pretty fast runner when you ran on the sidewalk too. Ciara, do you run any distance or just when your playing outside? When I was your age, I joined the school’s outdoor running team. It was even when before school started in the morning. In the school yard, the teacher and students meet. Next to my grade school was a running trail that a college had. We all started to run. Some people were faster than others and I tried to keep up with runners. We went all around the college running trails and I think it lasted over 30 minutes of running straight without stopping. By then, I was very tired. Some days, we could swim in the college’s indoor pool afterwards. Right after, we had to hurry up and go back to school. Some days, the recess bell already ranged and was late for class.

If you do run, you should bring plenty of water to drink and have a good pair of running shoes.

Ciara, I remembered and enjoyed so much your happiness, along with your free spirit as you jumped on the scooter and told me to follow you along. It made me feel so terrific and happy.

I’ll write you another letter on February 28th, since it would be a long time for the next letter to come, since there is not a February 29th this year.

Love Dad, XOXO

NOLAN – HERE IS MY VALENTINES CARD TO YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR NICE CARD. LOVE DAD

CIARA – HERE IS MY VALENTINES CARD TO YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR NICE CARD. LOVE DAD

Hi Nolan,

How’s it going? Have you been playing outside with Ciara or any of your friends. So, I think the last letter I wrote was about having a newspaper route when I was 11 years old. That year was also the first time I went to the bowling alley to bowl. Do you go bowling at all?

Inside the bowling alley, there was many bowling lanes. I recall that I had to go to the bowling desk and ask for my size of shoes. I believe it was $0.50 extra. Then, I had to find a bowling ball. They had many racks of bowling balls with many different colours and different heaviness. I tried lifting some bowling balls and some were too light and some were too heavy. I think I found the weight of a 10 lb. ball that was perfect for me. With finding the right weight, then you had to make sure that your three fingers could fit in the holes fine. Then at last, I found a perfect bowling ball.

It was my time to bowl, and nobody taught me, so I threw the bowling ball in an usual way. This is how I still today bowl in an unusual way. I started to play for fun, but I got pretty good at it. I think the total score you can get in a single game is 300. My average was about 125. Sometimes I got strikes, and most of the time I got spares.

Then, I started to join a bowling league and play every Saturday. I had to make sure that I got home in time to do the newspaper route. It was fun bowling with all different people your age.

Bowling was a sport that I never tried before, but I practiced so I could understand it better. If you do ever go and try bowling, I found out you in order to get a strike, you had to hit the 1st pin (king pin) either very fast or had to hit it on the side of the pin. If you hit that 1st bowling pin, most of the times all the bowling pins would fall down.

Then in bowling you get a second attempt to knock the remainder bowling pins down. If you did hit the 1st pin and didn’t get a strike then usually about 3 or less pins were still standing. I think the second attempt took more concentration and skill than the first attempt. You had to stay focus and let the ball go straight where you wanted it to go. Then you got a spare.

Don’t try and be too competitive. Help and teach new players to perform well. Nolan, if you join a sport, it will take some time to be better at it. The more you practice, the better you will become. Some sports might take a team effort, where there are going to very good players and some average players. As long as you try your best and have fun, than you will enjoy that sport. Don`t try and be too competitive. Help and teach new players to perform well.

When I played ball hockey, I could never lift the tennis ball above the ground and score in the hockey net. I tried and I tried. Until one day, a long time afterwards, with a lot of practice, the ball finally lifted off the ground and I scored top shelf into the hockey net. I finally could do it. So, don`t give up, and it will eventually come.

Love Dad XOXO

Ciara,
Hi Ciara, how are you? So how was your birthday? Pretty good, I hope so. So, are you ready to hand out Valentine’s Day cards to your friends at school? How many students are in your class? Is there about 25 children? You will need a lot of Valentine’s Day cards then plus one also for the teacher too.

Do you know all the names of your friends in your class? When I was your age, the teacher never gave a list of the students names so I had to remember all my friends names. In Kindergarten, I only handed out about 10 Valentine’s Day cards since I never knew all the children’s names. Each grade, more friends names I remembered and it was better since more people got Valentine’s cards from me.

When I was in grade 3, instead of Valentine’s Day cards, some classmates brought in cupcakes, cookies, chocolates, and candy. It was a fun day.

Well, I hope that you have a nice week at school and the next time you will get a letter will be on February 19th. Nolan will get a letter on February 11th. It might seem like a long time getting your next letter, so there could be a surprise letter for both you and Nolan. Sometime between February 11th and 19th.

Can you guess what day it might be? (Hint: I will write on the letter, and on it it will say “Will you be my _ A L _ N T _ _E?” (Fill in the empty spaces for the word).

Love Dad XOXO

Hi Nolan,

Nolan, How are you doing? It’s the weekend. Are you doing anything in particular? I just came back from the Pet Store. I wanted to look at all the tropical fish but they did not have too much of a selection. So, are you into collecting anything or have any nice hobbies (things you like to do). I used to collect hockey cards and started to listen to music on the radio.

I believe it was the first year or maybe when I was 12, but that’s when cd’s came out that you could buy at the music store. I remember getting my first radio with a cd player. Cd’s where expensive at the store like over $20.00. So, I started with a collection. I believe by the time I was like 17, I had over 350 Cd’s in total.

I think when I was 11 years old (just like you), It was the first time I had my own bedroom. I always used to share my bedroom with my younger brother with bunk beds. Do you have your own bedroom? When I had my own bedroom, it was great. I could put up posters on the wall of my favourite hockey and baseball teams. Is there anything on your walls? I could listen to my music anytime. I never had my own T.V. in the bedroom but what I did eventually get was my own computer. Do you have a T.V. or computer in your bedroom?

At 11 years old, there was more things you would like to buy at the store. So, that is where I started to try and earn some money for myself with doing more work. That is where I had a newspaper route. I had about 30 customers, but I used to walk very far. It was after school delivering the newspapers, so it took me about an hour long every day.

The only day that I had off was Sunday, since there was no newspaper for that day. But, on Saturday it was first thing in the morning at 9:00A.M. Saturday was the worst day, the newspapers were very heavy to carry as they had store flyers. Most days, I could carry all the newspapers and walk to deliver them as their was only 1 bundle.

But on Saturday, there was like 3-4 big heavy bundles. So, what I had to do, was ride my bicycle instead and put a bundle of newspapers on my handle bars and drop that bundle off further ahead at the next houses down the street. It took my twice as long on Saturday to deliver the newspapers.

Nolan, I am not sure if your sister told you, but I will be writing you a letter on all the days that have a “1” in it (since you are 11). So, the next day you will get a letter will be on February 11th and then on February 21st.

Also, please let Ciara know, that she will receive letters on the days that have a “9” in it. So that’s today (February 9). Let Ciara know, that her letter will be written shortly. (near 8:00 P.M.)

Perhaps, you or Ciara may be waiting for the letters to come on those days, but I will try my best not make them too late in the day. I should have the letters just after when you come home from school. If the day is on a weekend, then I will try and make it sooner.

Love Dad XOXO

Hi Ciara,

It is February. You know what that means? Is their a special day for Ciara? It must be Valentine’s Day where Ciara writes Valentine’s Day cards to people or when their are cinnamon hearts in the stores. I’m I being silly? Silly, Dad! Yes, I am. Very much so.

Ciara, it’s your Birthday! Happy Birthday! A big 9 years old today. Fantastic, I have been thinking about you a lot. (Nolan also) You must be getting tall, do your shoes fit anymore or have to goto the mall and buy a pair every month since your growing so fast? Your Mom must love shopping for shoes, when she was a teenager she had a closet full of shoes on every shelf. You name it, she had any kind of shoes. Dress shoes, sandals, winter boots, running shoes, flip flops, high heels, and even her hamburger black dress shoes. (which where stinky), lol.

Ciara, I am so happy for you, are you going to the restaurant tonight perhaps to celebrate your birthday? What is your favourite restaurant? I just came back from a restaurant that gave me a free medium french fry. (The one where your Mom and I first met) . Ciara, I hope that you receive some nice birthday presents today. Just remember those birthday presents don’t have to be in a box all wrapped with a fancy bow on it. But something can be appreciated and is thoughtful.

I’ve been wanting to write you a nice letter for sometime (Nolan too). It shouldn’t just be on special days of the year, because every day is special to us. I just hope that you are doing fine all the time. I hope that you are learning in all your school subjects and doing good. I wish I could teach you things and know what you are learning.

Do you know the first thing that your Mom spent time and taught me to learn? Was when she was 17, she taught me how to use the drive thru cashier. She showed me where all the buttons where for the food and drinks and I had to press the buttons on the computer screen very quickly when a customer order. The most popular button was the “EVM” button. Which was the combo button. I did a pretty good job at it as your mother was beside me. I took as many orders as I could, until a customer came and order their hamburgers that were specially order. Like if the person didn’t want no onions, extra pickles, or only ketchup and cheese. I couldn’t press the buttons that fast and your mother had to take the order. She had to ask the customer again, could you repeat order now. Even though, there was not a “RON” button, she still took the order right. It was actually better for those special orders to happen, because I spent an extra value minute with her. All because of her teaching me a “EVM” button, for a perfect combo or getting an extra minute with your Mom.

I actually had a poem I wrote for you, but I knew it had to make changes to it in someway, so I will give you a few sentences from it.

Somewhere there is a prettiest daughter,
Pure like a pond of sparkling water,
Who is like a soft and shining unicorn,
Who is happy, as nine years ago she was born.

Ciara is lovely like a rainbow,
Who has strength with brown hair that glows,
Maybe there is a big red heart on her bedroom door,
Inside, it seems like there’s a nice waterfall that pours.

A musical song is carried through the halls,
Awakening the flowers with with stems so tall,
People are singing “Happy Birthday to you”,
As you wish for something that will come true.

Ciara, I went to the library and I took out some books. I am going to read them as they are learning books for your age.

When I was nine years old, it was the first time I took out books and did a school project. I did a project on camels and rabbits. I found out that some camels have 1 or 2 humps or even no humps. With the rabbits, I think there was many kinds of rabbits, but what I learned was each type of rabbit’s fur is made for where they live.

Ciara, I will write you letter another day. Since you are 9 years old, I will always write you on the days that have “9” in it. So, next letter will be on February 9th (tomorrow), then February 19th and finally on February 29th.

Ciara, did you learn yet only in the month of February sometimes there is 28 days or 29 days in that year? So, for 2019, there is only 28 days. We just have to wait till March to use the 29th, but in March it will be March 9, 19, and 29th. Maybe, can you write me a letter instead since there is not a February 29th this year.

Ciara, have a lovely night and happy birthday again. Please tell Nolan, I will write him a letter too. I will write him a letter for tomorrow. Nolan is 11 years old, so he will get a new letter whenever there is a “1” in the date. So, February 11th, February 21st, and February 31st. Ciara, are you telling me that I’m silly again? Of course, February never has 31 days.

Love Dad, XOXO