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316 June 28 – Thurs. 12:15 P.M. Hi darling: Today I'm going to get an early start on your letter, and not leave it til tonight when I'll probably be too sleepy to think straight again. Yesterday I meant to tell you about Wendy playing with four little boys aged 3-6 – I let her loose and she crawled like a little fury following them wherever they went. When I picked her up after an hour or so she was filthy dirty and had a big bruise down one side of her face, but was perfectly happy. I don't know what I’d ever do without that little pixie. She has two new words – dee (Dear) and Heyen (Helen). I'm trying to get her to say Tinian when I ask her where daddy is – but the nearest she gets to it is “Ti Ti” followed by a rapid [pg 2] succession of “da-dys.” Sweety I'm afraid I've lost most of my tan since being sick, but I hope to get it back again before too long. De Weese is a Lt. friend of the Benson's – 8th section. He's said to be still here, because none of the men wanted him on their teams – more likely its because he's a dumb guy. I feel just a little bit let down now that I know you aren't coming home, but I'm not giving up hope yet – funny things happen these days. 8:15 P.M. All nice and clean –hair washed and bent, and I've just had a steaming hot bath with lots of [T?] bath talcum afterwards. This afternoon our bedroom curtains came back from the laundry, and they look beautiful [pg 3]. I washed the windows before I hung them, and put a clean spread on the bed. Its candlewick, and its driving Wendy wild because she's trying to pick out all the little tufts. I don’t know why I'm on such a terrific cleaning spree. I think perhaps its because I want things to look nice if you should come unexpectedly. Just outside the front kitchen window we have a small garden – mostly green plants – it looks rather drab so I transplanted a bit of flowering red and salmon colored geraniums, and planted poppy and nasturtium seeds which should be up in about a month or so. Received the letter I was missing today – the one written after the suki yaki party. I know just how you felt darling – its an awfully [pg 4] lonely and empty feeling. I always take you with me, but its never quite the same. Being together is more than half the fun I keep telling myself that half the time is over, perhaps more, and that soon we will be together to love, play, laugh, talk and do all the many other things which make up our life together. Time out while I give our daughter a little paddy-wack just to remind her she's supposed to be asleep, and not standing wide awake in her crib. She looks so cunning in her light blue dentons – hair going every which way – I brush it 100 times each night and it has a lovely sheen. Oh, I know something I wanted to be sure and tell you – Wendy has learned to blow bubbles in her milk! [pg 5] Suppose I should discourage her, but its priceless to see her cheeks puffed out like a little squirrel's, and her eyes all crinkled up with laughter. Darling – she's so sweet, and just exactly what we wanted. I want so terribly much to have you see her – Am I going to have pajamas soon? – seems like such a long time – well it is two months since I received the last pair – now that we have four pairs to go in circulation – lets try to send them out every two weeks or so – Just a year ago you were coming home from Washington to stay – how I wish I could be sitting up tonight waiting for you. I love you too darling, and miss you very much- Bobby
