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My cute cat

by Pumpkin on August 29, 2010

Whattttt????? I am just laying here in the sun minding my own business. Here you are taking pictures of me, bothering me…Even if I know I am so darn cute.

Oh! Wait! Didn’t the little strappy thingy hanging down from your camera move a little….??? Very distracting for cats, you know…???

I will pretend to look out the window and maybe you will go away.

You know cats are very patient??? I can sit here in the sun ALL DAY LONG pretending that I am looking out the window and you aren’t there behind me taking my picture even if I know I am so darn cute…

I love my cat! She is just so darn cute!!!

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Time to catch up

by Pumpkin on August 27, 2010

Yesterday was hot, hot, hot outside.
Today is a cold rainy day.

My girls have started taking Italian at school through a special program. This is normally for students that have Italian origins. Since Italian is an official language of Switzerland the program is open to all students. They love it! Yesterday was a party and the kids got to eat Italian cake, candies and drink Coca-Cola (American not Italian…hehehe).

My son adores school. I was so nervous about him going but in the end he has done beautifully. Yesterday his teacher took the class for a walk in the forest. Apparently, she does this every Thursday if the weather permits. I love that the kids aren’t stuck in a classroom and that they get out into nature.

The apartment is clean. And for once I am all alone with nothing to do.

Perfect for catching up with you all here. :)

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Just some random images from La Chaux-de-fonds.

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Swimming

by Pumpkin on August 22, 2010

It was good and hot today.
Perfect for swimming.
We took the train to Neuchâtel where there happens to be a free outdoor pool.
I don’t have a swimming suit but I still sat on the edge of the pool watching everyone else have a blast.
I really need to buy a swimming suit even if I hate the way I look in one. I am sure I look about the same as most other women but I still hate wearing one.

We are still adjusting to the three kids going to school. Last week…Well, it just flew right by me.

Here are some of the pics I took from today.

Train ride to the city.

Vilay took a photo of a soccer goal inside the urinal of the men’s restroom. He told me that he made a goal. Boys never grow up!

They really loved the pool.

The lake.

Some pigeons on a roof.

My son at the playground after swimming. Make sure you check out his feet.

He put his shoes on in a hurry because he was excited to go swimming. He put a sandal on one foot and a tennis shoe on the other. I didn’t see it until we were at the train station with only two minutes until the train came. We decided that it was no big deal if he spent the day with unmatched shoes. We were right. I have to admit that I went to work at the bank once with one blue shoe and one black shoe. It wouldn’t have been so bad but the shoes didn’t look at all alike!!!

I hope everyone had a good weekend and that Monday is kind to you.

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Back to school

by Pumpkin on August 18, 2010

My son loves everything about his school.

My first grade daughter doesn’t even want to eat lunch before she does her homework.

My second grader is acting out and being mostly unbearable since school started. Every year, we go through this. In a week, she will be less nervous about starting a new grade and feel more secure. Once she is adjusted to the new school year she calms down and is mostly bearable again. :)

We went to La Chaux-de-fonds on Sunday to walk. I could smell fall in the air. Crisp and cool.

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by Pumpkin on August 15, 2010

Vilay had a moment of genius while struggling to hang the middle frame of three good-sized poster prints. He finally decided to nail the ends of a string across the space and then nail the middle nail in at the level of the string. It was of course perfectly in the middle of the two other nails where the two other poster prints would be hung. If that didn’t make sense the pic should help. :)

The framed posters hanging in our hallway.

We hung up all the framed images and photos that we have on Friday (the day we returned from our week in Strasbourg). It really made our apartment feel like home.

A photo that I took of a small snow-covered wood near our village hanging on our living room wall. It is kinda cool hanging up photos that I have taken! I have three more black frames the same size to fill. The hardest part is deciding from all the photos that I have taken which three I want to hang in my apartment.

I am tired but like the energizer bunny I keep on going. School starts tomorrow. Yesterday, we went to Bienne to buy two pairs of pants for each kid. They don’t need much more as far as clothes go. So, I just have to concentrate of saving money for new shoes for my second grader, snow pants and boots for the two youngest and a good ski coat (all others are useless where we live) for my youngest daughter. That is much better than all the other years. Normally, the list of what the kids’ need makes me want to cry.

I have a summer’s worth of images and memories to share with you all. With all my little ones in school I will finally have a few hours three times a week ALL TO MYSELF and I plan on using some of those precious hours to catch up here.

Have a great Monday!!!

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