Letter to Bre 5 Years & 7 months (letter # 2)

My beautiful girl,

Today completes the first week that you have been with us for your July stay. I always have fun when you stay for the whole month. So far, we have gone shopping, gone to the beach, the bookstore, the zoo, a few parks, everyday I have taught you so much. Just this week I have taught you the "oo","ar", "th" ,"ell","at","sh","ap", and "ing" sounds. You can spell book, look, took, hook, tooth, car, far, bar, tar, mars, three, that, thank, think, this, yell, tell, bell, sell, bat, mat, hat, sat, shush, hush, cash, cap, tap, map, all so quickly.
I have tried to make learning fun so you don't get bored. The first day we made a tent & put the chalk board in it, and used your tinkerbell lantern & you caught on to spelling so well. The second day, we moved the chalkboard downstairs into the front room & I gave you a second chalkboard & you would spell the words I asked you too. Then we went to the library a few days later, and got books that help you read, and dvds and cds with books for phonics, then today we used sidewalk chalk and spelled more words :)

You are so smart. You amaze me. This is my second letter to you. I started June 5, 2012 & I will continue this for a long, long time!

I can tell that you are so sensitive. You worry so much about hurting everyone's feelings. I wish you would just be you. I love that you care about people so much, I just want to protect you & for you to be happy.

I know your mom & dad not being together is so confusing for you. I hate that you feel torn between both of them. I know it is confusing & I can't wait until you can understand everything.

There is a song that you love right now. It is about families, it is played on Barney.

Here is how it goes:
Oh, a family is people and a familiy i love
that's a family
they come in all different sizes and different kinds,
but mines just right for me
Ive got a friend who lives with his mom and dad
with his brother and his sister too
theyve got a cat and a dog and a pet bullfrog
and im really glad they do
There is a girl I know who lives with her mom
her dad lives far away
although she sees her parents just one at a time
they both love her everyday
I know a boy who's new, he just moved in
he moved from alabama
and the person who's the head of his famly
is his loving dear old grandma!

I hope you always feel this way.
I love you to the moon & back sweet girl.
July 5, 2012