Halloween 2014, and a term into the school thing
Good Spooky-eve darling, We have just had the Best Summer Ever. Not only did the sun shine brightly upon us, giving us a healthy glow and turning my pallor into a tan the equivalent if yours, but it was the last stint of freedom for us before the pressures of school and work kicked in. We revelled in each other's company, just hanging out together and playing, swimming outdoors and visiting new and old places. You were delighted to be able to swim confidently with only your shark's fin on, and I was so proud of your new-found skill. You learned to write your own name, and mine too, and even before school began you were spelling words out loud and trying to read. You've always had an interest in words, right from when you were small you've asked me what things say. You've never shown much interest in drawing, but you enthusiastically craft me loving written notes, in big confident letters, and roll them up,and deliver them to me shyly, and then ooze pride a