Dear Samuel,
Happy 6th birthday bud!
Today you are in First Grade and probably enjoying some of the cupcakes mom sent with you.
This was big year for you, as you finally learned to ride your bike without training wheels! Now you’re zoom up and down the street, sidewalk, driveway, and anywhere else you can ride.
We promised that if you could ride your bike we’d go to Sleep Inn and Adventureland. Sadly, we couldn’t do Adventureland because Dad had surgery, but remember Sleep Inn?
It was during the Solar Eclipse! It rained all morning and we got a break in the rain so we could see the start of it. Unfortunately, it was cloudy during the actual totality (when it got dark), but it was neat to watch it on a gravel road in Missouri! As if that wasn’t fun enough, we also had Waffle House!
Right before school started we took a trip to the Zoo, that was fun! Remember the giraffe feeding?
Like last year, we went to an Iowa Hawkeye football game in Iowa City and road the Hawkeye Express again! This time you got to show I in the I-O-W-A chant!
At church, you started patch club and are starting to memorize verses for that. I know you have lapsed some on the verses you have learned, but that is mostly Mom and Dad’s fault for not keeping you up with that. We’ll work on that!
We are both proud that you read very well and how much you have accomplished in this past year. We hope you continue to learn and grow till your next birthday!
We are very proud of you Samwich!
Happy Sixth Birthday Samuel, we all love you very much!
Love Dad, Mom, Chloe, Gary.
and a bunch of other people too!