Brian has been in the US all week for work and for a quick visit with his parents. We miss him. It wasn’t a bad week – it’s just that I’m a little sick of talking to little people. And tired of the stream of commands and pleads that come out of my mouth everyday.…

Do you like my little cardboard turkey table decorations? Bad photos – I know – but, I love ’em. I got the pattern from the Made by Joel Blog. The girls also did some coloring pages from Mr. Printables. Two great webs sites full of ideas if your feeling crafty. Hope you had a gobble…

Their swings are not very tall so you can’t swing really high like you can in the US and they don’t have very many babyswings… But they do have things like this cool house made out of trees. In the summer it’s much more enclosed with all the leaves. It’s built on a mound and there…

is to be able to get a good photo of my two girls. Aaarhg! Some light beyond 5:00 p.m. would help. Grrrrr! Grump! Fiddlesticks!

She likes kitties, so I give her more kitty things, then she likes kitties even more. And around and around we go.

Becasue today Claire drew a face for the first time. Because Bea continues to make some really nice art. Because everytime I’m cleaning up in the kitchen and I overhear Brian reading books to the girls I think to myself “he’s a good Daddy” – but then I forget to tell him when he comes…

Who’s that riding on an itty bitty car next to Brian? Oh that’s Tom – he and Brian were best buddies and neighbors when they were little. We found out a while back that Tom was living in Switzerland. Wow – what a coincidence! What is that bulge in Tom’s shirt? Oh it’s his darling…

Claire and I bought this little buggy at the Brocki this week. We don’t really need another wheeled toy underfoot, but I only have a few more years when I can buy cute-as-a-button stuff like this. And for only 5 Francs – yes we’ll take it.