Posts under ‘Joy of parenting’

It is raining. Sweet Bear is at school. It has been busy here the last few days. So, I am relaxing with the two youngest kids.
Yesterday, a woman in our village that works with my husband gave my kids some puzzles and toys that her grandkids out grew. It was like [...]

Boy Blue was sporty his Frog Wear the other day because it was that cold outside.

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When I took this photo of Petite Clown I didn’t see the cloud behind her. After I uploaded the image to my computer I immediately saw that the cloud was shaped like a heart. I love this shot of her and the heart is a big bonus.

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I was thinking the other day about how our children are completely bilingual. I am not including Angel in this post because she isn’t near to being bilingual. She knows some French words but hasn’t had enough time in a French speaking environment to become fluent.
The girls are able to effortlessly switch between [...]

Petite Clown tumbles out of bed with tears in her eyes.  She comes to me and tugs at my pants.  She can barely speak.  In a hushed voice she tells me, “Mama, my baby’s head is broken.”
She sleeps every night with this doll.  It is her baby.  My mother got Sweet Bear and Petite Clown a [...]

Heaps and heaps of it.
To be exact a weeks worth of laundry with three accident prone (I admit it is from my genes) kids.
I am looking at eight loads of fun.
In Switzerland, apartment dwellers must abide by a laundry schedule. Each tenent in my building has half a day one day a week to [...]

She is not a baby any longer. She is a beautiful young lady. It amazes me that my daughter is getting almost as tall as I am. In a couple years, I will have to look up instead of down to see her sweet face.
I am proud and sad all at the [...]

And, lovin’ it!!!
Vilay stands in the hall of our apartment building arranging the box holding our new Swisscom phone under his arm. For about three days this phone has not allowed us to answer calls or call out. I have listened to my parents leave messages on our answering machine as I frantically swear under [...]

We were shopping at Auchan for some things. There is a pet-shop located in the shopping center of this particular Auchan. We often stop and watch the fish and bunnies on the way out to the parking lot. The kids adore the animals.
Sweet Bear and Petite Clown were laughing and pointing at [...]

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