Laowai

What have we been up to? Well, we had some great weather until school ended and since then it’s been cold and rainy. Boo! The only clouds I want to see are butter zopf clouds like the one above.

We’re allowed to get out and see friends now and Claire has been doing just that. She went shopping with her friend and they picked out an outfit for twins day at school. And she has had a couple sleepovers. That’s the nest of two ten year old girls below. Love it!

The zinnias we planted on our patio have just started to bloom.

The last time the weather was decent Brian and Claire went for a hike. Bea and I might have wimped out.

Brian is still getting lots of bike rides in. 

Since we aren’t going on any big vacations we decided to buy paddleboards for the girls. The day we got them we wanted to try them out right away. The weather was about to get bad and stay bad for a week and a half. So the girls and I rushed down to the lake and pumped up the paddleboards. Great. Until Claire got out on her board and got a bloody nose. It was terrible – she was covered in blood. And then she started feeling sick to her stomach. Brian was home working so I called him and he picked Claire up with the car. Then I was going to do a little paddleboarding with Bea but the storm was coming so all we did was deflate the boards and get home as the rain started. And the rain hasn’t stopped since then. Good grief!

I made some coconut cupcakes to celebrate the last day of school. I also took some bad photos as I dropped Claire off for the last time. No more seeing the sweet cows next to the school. It’s just the beginning of our good-byes. Sniff.

You can see the ribbons marking areas at the front of school. They try to keep classes from mixing with each other because of the coronavirus. And parents are not allowed in the school at all. That’s the assistant principal greeting Claire below. We’ll miss her!

A break in the rain.

We started a puzzle – a map of Switzerland puzzle.

I’ve been working on my hexagon quilt any quiet moment I have (which is a lot of moments). I now have 300 hexagons sewn together!

This morning for the first time since the middle of March Brian went out to work. He’s taken the train to near Lucerne to meet with a client. He felt a little apprehensive and his hair is very long. I think it will feel good for him. He is so sick of spending his days working in our little office room.

Now we are just waiting for the sun so we can go down to the lake and enjoy some Swiss summer before we move.