Letters For Andrew

Dear Andrew, I miss you! Pop-pop misses you too! This is Pop-pop holding Rascal, a yellow kitten. Rascal is our favorite! Rascal likes to be held. Rascal likes to cuddle. Rascal purrs and purrs and PURRS! <<<<<>>>>> Andrew, this guy is a red-spotted newt.  Do you see his red spots with black circles around them? If you try to pick him up —  guess what happens? He drops his tail! But don’t worry, he will grow a new one! Isn’t that amazing! >>>>><<<<< Deer! There are lots — And lots — And LOTS of deer here! This deer is a buck. (That means he’s a boy!) Do you know how I know? He has antlers! <<<<<>>>>> Turkeys! There are four adult turkeys —  can you count them? There are four baby turkeys —  called poults — or chicks.  Can you find four baby turkeys? >>>>...

Thursday, July 28, 2016 Letter to Andrew — Meet The Kits Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Dear Andrew, I hope you are well and happy. I enjoyed our conversation on the phone last night. I really liked hearing about your new fish tank. Sometime, when you have Mommy or Daddy’s phone, would you take a picture of your fish for me? I’d love to see them. Even though Pop-pop and I are so far away from you — over a thousand miles away! — and I miss you terribly, you are in my heart. Here at our Mountain Home, Pop-pop and I have three new kittens! This yellow one’s name is Rascal because he is really a rascal!         Rascal loves for us to hold him and pet him and when I put him down, guess what he does? He bites my ankle! That little rascal! He thinks he is the only one we should pet! Rascal, being the biggest one of the litter, is also the bravest. He was the first one to let me hold him without spitting and hissing at...