darling lucie girl,

i haven't heard from you in a while and we never seem to connect on skype because of the time difference, so i just wanted to send you a note so you know how much i love and miss you.  we are ridiculously busy here, with work and school, though there have been a lot of off days from school for the wonderboy recently with the holidays. 

one very funny thing happened here last friday - it got down to 25 degrees (as the low) so they closed the schools!  i was laughing all day long and remembering how we used to bundle you up in tights, long johns, jeans, snow suits and multiple scarves/mittens and send you out to the bus stop when it was 20 below zero in Michigan.  it's a little hard for me to remember to put on coats when it's forty-five degrees here, but if you don't people look at you funny because they think it's cold.

i hear that it's supposed to be snowing lots where you are in europe right now  - at least you had a lot of practice in Ann Arbor -  and if all else fails, i'm pretty sure that you own your own skis now.

the wonderboy's favourite gift for christmas was his guitar.  his rockstar moves are very good and he wants to be just like the lead singer of green day.  unfortunately (for me) chords are still a little hard for him, so he just strums fiercely and pouts like a lead singer while dancing.  he was convinced he had to learn to play 'let it be' on guitar, which he informs me is in the key of 'c'.  which it is, but he never quite hits 'c'...

what are you doing in the new term at school?  have you bit another boy yet (or the same one, again)?  i still haven't gotten the full story on that, btw, so please advise soonest.

much, much, much, much love - mommy