letters to daddy while he's away

Friday

Dear Daddy,

Today we ate lunch with Mommy up in the fort. She wasn't sure how long we would last with the flies everywhere but we had a great time and ate all of our food up there. Then we slid down our slide and Aida went so fast she flew off and landed on her bottom. She cried but it was very exciting. Later, we played almost-naked Duck Duck Goose (well, Mommy wore clothes) in the living room. And tonight we had dinner at MBA, where we got tattoos on our hands and our picture drawn. We think it is beautiful and we said so - repeatedly. There were balloons and little footballs and cookies. It's been a fun day but we miss you.

Saturday

Dear Daddy,

Today was quite a day. We went to the pumpkin patch and then to our friends' house for an autumn party. It was so fun but really hot - much too hot for a day celebrating Fall! We went on TWO hayrides (it was just so thrilling the first time we had to try it again), spent half an hour pouring wheat grains into plastic jugs, laughed on the tire swing, and picked a pumpkin. We really missed you, but Mommy missed you even more. Luckily for her, we have some great friends who stepped in for you when we had a few minor melt-downs.

When we got home, we played with our MBA footballs in the backyard - we are super good at running for touchdowns (if running for touchdowns means running in circles).

Bath time was pretty exciting. Sophie accidentally pulled the plug and we both shot up and out in 2 seconds when we heard the water draining. Water was everywhere, we were screaming, Mommy wasn't happy with us, but we were just afraid of getting sucked down. We hope you come home soon - things like that never happen when you give us a bath.

Sunday

Dear Daddy,

Big day today - church, lunch out with Grandmom, then Gran Margaret's 90-somethingth birthday party. When we got home Mommy put us down for "Quiet Resting Time" and Sophie covered her whole body - and her bed - with coconut lotion. She smelled really good for the rest of the day.

Mommy thinks its a good thing you're coming home tomorrow because she is very tired. She's so tired she forgot to put Tony Romo back in her starting line-up for fantasy football and he threw for over 400 yards today. She needs you home to remind her of things like that. Also, she really really misses you. So do we. Can't wait to see you!

Love, Sophie and Aida