On our walk along the water today we also came across the coolest vintage kitschy thing ever: this kiddy car ride. Just look at those little old cars. The green one reminds me of our old Nova. And there are Vespa-type bikes, rockets and airplanes too. Bea chose the bus. She was so funny, spinning the…

Today, strolling along Lake Zurich and killing time between a playgroup and a doctor appointment I couldn’t help thinking – this is the quality of life that Switzerland is known for. The park was oozing with a pleasant vibe – people strolling along paths, lounging on the grass, eating at cafes and watching the boats…

Today we went to a festival that is unique to Zurich called Sechseläuten. Here’s the explanation from the Zurich tourism website. Every year, the guilds of Zürich and the general public celebrate their traditional spring festival: the Sechseläuten. The celebrations start on Sunday with a colourful children’s procession. This is followed by the main festival on…

Today we had a little shopping to do and then we wandered around the old-town part of Zurich. Here’s Bea, running like a little heathen, through the train station: The patriotic flags were up all over: Oh golly, my belly is soooo big – just let me lean against this wall for a moment: There…

Uetikon is the next town to our north. It’s another cute little town with lots of character. We checked out the fabric store there on Friday. The fabric store is small but it has everything I would need for projects: all types of fabric including a good selection of patterned and solid cottons, some beautiful wool felt,…

I’ve finally used one of the oliver + s patterns that Brian got for me. This is the 2+2 Blouse and I really enjoyed the pattern. All the good comments I’ve heard about oliver + s patterns were true. It was easy to follow and I felt like I was having a sewing lesson while…

Only Daddy can make Bea laugh and smile like this. Here he is invoking his gossip girl characters. He has a high pitched little gossip voice for these three matching Fisher Price ladies. Oh and yes – she is wearing that polka dot dress again. I can’t explain it.

  It really makes me feel like a Mom, and a grown-up for that matter, to have a whole room dedicated to children. We had an office slash kid room before, but now we have a full fledged kid’s room. We cleaned up and put some stuff on the walls today. We’re developing a bit…

Guess which gift I was more excited about. A: A lovely gift of chocolates from my husband in celebration of our anniversary. They’re from Spruengli – the very traditional and very yummy chocolate shop in Zurich. Did I mention that they are extremely yummy.  B: A bag of brown sugar from one of Brian’s good…