On Friday we took a boat ride into Zurich. Bea chose her outfit and she was so, so proud. We met Brian, he showed us his new office and then later we went out for dinner. A very enjoyable evening after a long week without Daddy around.    

Kim – The place mats that you gave me for Christmas are getting lots of use. Although maybe this isn’t how they were intended to be used.           And for Maddie: I saw this baby doll in the store the other day. Didn’t you have a little baby Chou Chou a…

Why didn’t we go to the Knies Kinder Zoo before? Like so many things around here the zoo just seemed really well done. It is very thoughtfully designed for little kids. The Knies people also run a circus so they are into animal training. The animals are completely friendly. Like the giraffes that we saw…

I gave in to the pink obsession and made another pink dress. It’s not my favorite, I like this pattern better for nighties, but it was super quick. Plus, Bea has declared that she loves it.       It’s kinda got that Hawaiian Muumuu look doesn’t it.

Seems like just yesterday when I posted this photo and was thinking about our last few days as a family of three.   And now here we are – four of us enjoying another very pleasant meal outside. Claire is happy to sit in her bouncy seat watching and listening to us.   Another mealtime…

We are having a good day today. We picked some Queen Anne’s Lace an put them in food coloring. Very exciting indeed. Brian is gone traveling for work basically all week so I’m hoping that the rest of our week goes as well as today. It’s such a challenge to be on my own with…

We have a bin in one of our kitchen cupboards where we sort all of our money. Ha ha.  Brian travels to many different countries so we have to have a place to put pounds, euros, dollars, Swiss francs and recently zloty (from Poland). I can only imagine how difficult it would have been before…

Aw shucks – I tried to choose just a couple pictures to show you but they’re all just too cute. Am I a teensy bit biased?