There is something so nice about showing your loved ones all around your world. We showed Jenna and Jennifer and Grandma our everyday places like school and the grocery store. And we showed them some Swiss highlights like the trains and mountains and chocolate. We packed a lot in and it was so fun! The…

Bea learned about the Mexican folk art called Alebrija in her art class. Here’s the great example that she made. Grrrrrrrr.

Jennifer and mom and Jenna are here and we are having so much fun!  Jennifer arrived from her meeting in Holland with tulips for me – so pretty. We’re off for one last adventure today and then they have to leave on Sunday. I’ll have lots more smiley photos to post after they’re gone.

Mom and Jennifer and Jenna are on their way to see us right now! We’re so excited. I had to look back at some photos from when they all visited last – When Claire was 10 months old and Bea was four and Jenna was five. Time flies.

Aunt Donna – the eggs in the top picture are hard boiled. They call them picnic eggs. They sell them all the time and are usually colorful. But they are especially pretty and shiny at Easter time. Around Swiss national day they sell red ones with Swiss crosses. Brian eats one most days for breakfast.

I’ve been teaching an after school sewing class at Claire’s school. I’ve really been enjoying it – the kids are fun and so enthusiastic. Maybe one of them will grow to love sewing as much as I do. This week I made a couple tutorials for projects that I have been using in the class.…

Here are some tutorials for beginner sewers (in PDF) form. How to make a Chicken Beanbag How to make a Reversible Tote How to make a Simple Drawstring Bag And here’s a link to my sewing class idea page on pinterest.

Yay – It’s rhubarb time.

Hope you are having a good day – we’re just having a regular Wednesday – nothing too exciting. As I type this I hear banging and drilling and men talking. Our apartment building is having it’s elevator replaced. It’s supposed to be four weeks of work. So that means four weeks of me lugging myself…

We went to our town’s Fasnacht parade this weekend and my favorite part was the cow bells. So loud! So Swiss! So many farmers!