This week Brian is back in Evanston for some meetings. It’s always hard when he’s gone and it makes me wonder how single moms manage. I fluctuate between enjoying the evenings to myself to tearing my hair out because the girls seem to be smothering me. Hmmm… funny the word mother is inside the word…

Bea loved these stepping stones that were near a restaurant where we ate this weekend. They reminded me of the stepping stones in the pond around the Alden B. Dow home.  

We seem to see lots of interesting things in the sky here. More than just mountains, we can regularly see hot air balloons. We saw that medical helicopter. And we saw some cool paper lanterns that had a little flame inside the other night.  And now we can add really cool Swiss military jet planes…

That’s what my kids are consuming this week. I’ll explain… We have three doors out onto our patio and I like to have them open in the summer. Especially on cool summer mornings, I like to let the house fill with fresh air. Well Claire has learned to climb the step and go out onto…

Today we went to the Tour de Suisse. It was the last stage of the race –  a time trial through the town of Schaffhausen. There’s something about being there so close to all the people that you see on tv. As we made our way to the finish area we spotting Mark Cavendish on…

Here’s where we show Daddy how much we love him with an impromptu heart-sprinkle-chocolate-pancake. Thats a lotta love.

We’ve developed a tradition of giving Daddy a mug for Father’s Day. It amazes me how difficult it has become to get a good photo to put on the mug now that there are two girls. Here are some photos that didn’t make the cut.  So, We may not be able to smile at the…

For me, one of the best parts of being a parent is doing art projects with Bea and seeing her drawing skills develop. I just love to look at the things she makes and lately she’s been using lots of concentration and her drawings often have a story to go with them. Here’s a round up…

While I was cutting out fabric over the weekend (see last post) Brian and Bea were off on another little adventure – discovering more Switzerland. This time they went to a town called Aarau. The town is on the Aare river and apparently people from the region think that the Rhine River should be called…