My cutie dressed as a queen

Hi Peanut,

Thanks for your email. It is GREAT to get your notes. I'm sorry your tummy hurts. One of my students got sick a couple of days ago and was feeling really bad from what is called "Pharaoh's revenge"--(runny poop & stomach aches). I tried to convince her to try to get through it naturally (which I think is still the best thing), but she was feeling bad for a couple days. So today she took a pill and felt better immediately. So I feel kind of dumb about that... Anyway, I hope you feel better, like she did. Do you have a playdate with anyone else today? If you've seen Amanda and Sash, you should probably see Liana too! But you have school tomorrow, right? It must feel like forever since you were last in school!

Well, things are good here, except for missing you. I show everyone your picture, and they all say how lovely they think you are. I do to! Today I finally took a shower and it was actually o.k. for 30 seconds at a time, so I was able to lather up and rinse off without major burns! Otherwise, I took a walk into town to get laundry detergent, since when I put my laundry in with everyone else's my socks mysteriously disappear. On the way I saw tons of children and they all jumped up and down and shouted hallloooo, hallllloooo, welcome to Egypt. So, if you see any Egyptian women walking around, be sure to welcome them to New York.

Meanwhile, I love you. Did you know that? I do.

Love,

your Mama (and kiss that Dada for me, will you?)

p.s. this is a picture of a local road. Just like NYC, right?

p.p.s. What does Babar send Celeste when she gets sick? A Get wellefant card!!

Ha ha ha ha!!