Hi Tully.
Tomorrow is 1st July.  Exactly 100 years ago a huge battle began in France called the Battle of the Somme.  The Somme River is in France.  It was part of a war called World War One, although sometimes called "The Great War", that lasted for fours years.
You have some distant relatives who were soldiers in that war and some of them fought in the Battle of the Somme.
Your task (should you decide to accept it) is to find the Somme River on a map and to ask your Mum and Dad why Australian soldiers went all the way to the other side of the world to fight in a war.
In Canberra there is a building called The Australian War Memorial.  It was built after WW1. Perhaps you can go there sometime.
Bye for now.
Love from Pop

Dear Pop

Dear Pop,

I'm 8 on the 13th June.
I finished my reading book after years of working through it. I can read all of the Hungry Bear books, which are fun books about a bear meeting a polar bear and meeting a flea, and wanting to sleep.
We're going to Wellington Caves on Saturday.
We're going to do a play of Peter Pan in my Drama class. We go to Drama on Mondays.
I'm now playing rugby union. I scored one try in my fourth game! I really like my team, and tackling.
We moved the rooms around and I have my own room now. Now, Eve is in the top bunk, and Finny is in her cot with the wall taken off. They are sharing a room now. When visitors come, they have to sleep in my room because there's no guest room now. Mum and Dad are starting a new business and they are using the extra rooms for work. I will sleep in bottom bunk in the girls room when visitors come. You should come visit us soon. Tell Mama G to come too.
See ya!