Mice

Hi Kai,
Today I saw a mouse in town, he was small and thin and looked hungry and cold. I decided to draw him using paint programme. I'm not very good at using a computer to draw I prefer to use pastels It's much more fun to draw something when you can make a mess with your fingers! What do you think? Do you like to draw or to paint anything? They say that mice eat cheese but I think that mice will eat almost anything but I really think that they like to eat grain and seeds. I think that mouse would probably be cold as it is still winter in Scotland. It is winter here because I live in the north of the world but you live in the south. There are seasons because the earth is tilted. If the earth didn't tilt we probably wouldn't have seasons. But I like seasons my favourite is autumn, not because it starts to get colder but because the trees go from green to all sorts of colours of leaves. I think it's beautiful at that time of year even if I have to wrap up warm when I go out.
Anyway I hope you like the mouse.

Lots of love, Dad.

Polar Bears

Hola Kai,

¿Qué tal?

Today I want to show you some polar bears that your uncle Iain saw when he was in Greenland.
I like polar bears, they are big meat eating white bears that live in the arctic. Arctic comes from a greek word meaning "near the bear" or "north". If I was to name these bears I think Aura would be a good name. I'm not sure about the other, what do you think the other bear would be called?
Polar bears are very curious but they must be very cold with all that snow.

I hope you like the bears.

Lots of love, Dad.

Books

Hi Kai,

When I was your age my dad used to buy me a Mr Man book every week. I thought I'd do the same with you. This is Mr Happy, he's round and yellow and always happy, it's nice to be happy. I was going to post them to you today but your cousin Jessica was visiting and she wanted to see the books too. She seemed to like Mr Tickle more than Mr Happy, but I was happy you shared your books with Jessica.
She will be finished with them soon then I can send them to you. What is your favourite book. Today mine is Mr Happy I hope you like it too.

Lots of love, Dad

What's in a name?

Hi Kai, I'm not very sure as to how to start this but hi is as good a way as any.

I wanted to share with you why I chose Kai as your name, your mum and I had decided that you would be called Kai not long after we met. It was unusual in a way as I think most people have no idea what to call thier children, but we both knew that you would be called Kai. But I want you to know why the name Kai is special to me.

I love fantasy books I read them all my life, but one series was special that was Lone Wolf. Lone Wolf was a hero and he belonged to an order of monks called the Kai, I still have these books and though they are probably too old for you just now, I would like you to have them when you are old enough. I loved those books and I couldnt think of a better name to call you.

I was happy to find another Kai, this one is a Lego Kai, he is a ninja and he wears red. My favourite team plays in red and I love Lego so I had to get you a Lego Kai, I guess you can say how lucky you are to have a Lego man with the same name as you. I bet there aren't many people that can say that they have the same name as a Lego ninja! Anyway the picture is of Lego Kai.

Lots of Love, Dad.