Dear Daddy,

we're doing lots of Christmas stuff at school. I am going to be a shepherd in the nativity play! we're learning lots of songs to sing to the mums and dads too. 'Santa got stuck up the chimney' and 'Rudolph the red nosed reindeer' are just two of them. Next Wednesday we have our Christmas party - when we were asked what food we wanted to bring - I of course said 'ham sandwiches' as they are most favourite food ever. So now, lucky mummy gets to make ham sandwiches for my whole class.

We all have pink eye too Daddy. It's horrible. Mummy has to put drops in my eye and I hate it. Molly hates it more though - she SCREAMS at Mummy when she has to do it!

This Friday Mummy is taking us to the base light switch on! im so excited! Santa will be there! I wish SO much that you could be there too Daddy!

Love Sam xxx

Dear Daddy,

This weekend Harriet has stayed at our house. I love it when she stays over as she plays with me and makes me laugh a lot.

Yesterday we tied outside and raked all the leaves, then we sorted out a few more boxes and Mummy found more toys for me! It was really cool! Then we went and did the food shopping at the commissary.

Today Nana, David and Ryan came to visit us and we went for lunch on Mildenhall base. I got to look at all the toys and Christmas stuff. I have talked about you a LOT today. 

Here is Molly with Jane's cat. Molly LOVES cats. She likes to call them 'tatatatatat'.

Love Sam xxx

Dear Daddy,

I went to school today, even though it's 'Thanksgiving' but of course, Mummy and most people here dont 'do' it. We celebrated at school though, and ate cornbread (like REAL Americans!!)

After school we went to Tesco's and Nana got me a plane for my collection. Then we had dinner at Nana's house. Tonight we're sleeping at Grandads and Nana Jo's as Mummy felt like driving 30miles to our new house at 7pm and then 30miles back again at 8am was a bit silly. So to save money, wear on our car and the environment we are having a sleepover at Grandads.

Here I am this morning playing with my Duplo bricks.

Love Sam xxx

Dear Daddy,

Today it was my 'lunch day' at school. I always eat really slowly so Mummy has to wait for me HA! After school we went to the Shopette and Mummy got me a pre-school activity book. I LOVE those things. After she puts Molly to bed Mummy comes and sits in bed with me and we do activities from the book. I'm getting very good at them. We did look at the dot-to-dot book that you sent me, but it's a bit too complicated for me. It will have to wait until I'm a bit older.

Daddy, I hope you have a nice Thanksgiving day. I wish you were here so we could spend the day together. I miss you. I often sing my 'I miss Daddy' song when I think no one is listening.

Love Sam xxx

Dear Daddy,

Today I went to school, it was fun. Then after Mummy collected me we went to base and went to see the ladies in the WIC office. I am 39.5inches tall and 39lbs! I have grown so much!

Here I am eating my yogurt raisins with a pair of play scissors.Earlier today I did try and cut Molly's nose off with these scissors but it didn't work!

It's rainy and cold here Daddy, not like Arizona at all! 

Love Sam xxx

Dear Daddy,

We're gradually getting settled into our new house and I LOVE it! I have found all of my old toys and it's nice to have everything that is mine back again - even things like the blankets on my bed! Mummy even found my other 'This' so now, I have both 'This' blankets back! The only thing missing from our lovely house is you Daddy. We are counting down the weeks until we see you again! On Thursday we had to pick up our internet router box from the post office and I told the lady in line behind us 'My Daddy is gone'.

Here I am with Harriet this morning playing in the circus tent that Mummy got me from Ikea!

Here I am again, Mummy says im gorgeous! I tend to agree!

Love Sam xxx

Dear Daddy,

Sorry I haven't written for a while. Things have been a little bit crazy. We got the keys to our new house on Tuesday, we moved some stuff over on Wednesday, more stuff on Thursday and our beds and stuff on Friday. On Friday night we stayed at the new house. Harriet stayed too. We spent all weekend there and sorted out boxes and unpacked. It was SO SO SOOOO fun to see all my toys and books. It was nice to see all your things too as it helped me to understand that you WILL be coming back and our new house is the house you will be coming back to! I even found my 'frog toilet' and was really over joyed!

It was really strange to unpack my dresser and see the drawers still full of the clothes and stuff.

Anyway Daddy, we didnt have Internet at the new house and we've been SO SO busy that I just didnt get a chance to update you.

We miss you SO SO much. Mummy has found it a bit difficult to unpack all your things, that smell of you. She misses you very, very much.

Love Sam xxx

Dear Daddy,

sorry for missing so many days. We have been busy! I have had a hard week. I suddenly became very tearful and upset. I cried a LOT at school. I miss you SO much and I'm so confused about why you left me. I have become very worried that Mummy is going to leave me too, that's why I get upset at school. Mummy has been very sad. It hurts her heart to see me so sad.

Anyway, on Friday Nana picked me up from school because Mummy and Molly went to sign a new contract for our new house! I'm SO excited to get our own house! We get the keys on Tuesday and will hopefully be sleeping there on Friday or Saturday night!

Today its Guy Fawkes night, everyone has fireworks! We had our own bonfire and watched other peoples fireworks from the meadow!

Love Sam xxx