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August 2010

My cute cat

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 [...]

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Time to catch up

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 [...]

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Swimming

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 [...]

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Back to school

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Vacationing in Strasbourg, France

August 11, 2010

…Is just what I needed. We have been relaxing. Taking long walks in all the places we know and love. We took the kids to Parc de L’Orangerie in Strasbourg. Our children were all able to play in the the big kids park for the first time instead of the little kids park.  They, also, [...]

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quiet day

August 5, 2010

I am tired. So tired I may take a nap. I never take naps. It has been a quiet overcast day with children playing inside. The cat found a new hiding place to sleep. I am thinking about finding one of my own.

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Little snippets of our past week

August 4, 2010

To say that I have been busy is an understatement. I have been painting for a week (got done on Tuesday), cleaning and cooking and taking care of sick kids. My poor son was sick six times this morning (only two of which were in the toilet). I have a mountain of laundry waiting for [...]

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