Brian is gone to Zurich, to our new apartment and to his new office. We won’t see him until the week of 4th of July. I’m feeling a little melancholy and a little grouchy about being a single mom for the next several weeks. I hate this part of moving.  So I made some cinnamon rolls.…

We enjoyed a beautiful Labor Day weekend at home. Hope you had a great start to summer too!

We celebrated an early Father’s Day since Brian will be in Zurich then. We love him.

Claire turned seven on May 4th but we couldn’t fit her party in until this past Saturday. We rented a pool and she invited seven of her friends.   She requested fruit pizza instead of a cake – the girl loves fruit. Swimming make us hungry! Bea painted a big octopus for our pin-the-eyes on the octopus…

Claire finally lost her first tooth. I keep thinking her teeth have been so slow to come out that they are all going to come out at once. It came out at school so she got a little tooth holder necklace from the school nurse. She was very proud – my funny face.  

The girls’ school had a big celebration last week to celebrate its 75th birthday. It’s a sweet school with lots of great teachers. We’ll be sad to leave it. Claire’s classroom has a fireplace!

Our move is looming over me. Last week I had a minor freak out because I realized how little time I have before the movers come. I have exactly two weeks from today. I’ve been going through every closet and every cupboard and drawer. I’ve realized I have too many containers. You know that feeling…

It’s been a while since we’ve made decorated cookies and I wanted to try a new recipe. After fighting over which colors of frosting to make the girls got down to work and made happy, beautiful cookies.

We went to London! It was a quick trip, but because the girls are such good travelers – we were able to see and do lots. We arrived on Thursday morning. Brian let me take a short nap and then we went to see The Tower of London. There I am below – pretending to be…

Get off the plane. Hop in a taxi. Can’t stay awake. This is what jetlag looks like.