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Living in a Swiss village with kids

May 9, 2008

My kids love their life in our Swiss village. I don’t worry about them being outside by themselves. An hour will pass without my seeing them from the apartment windows but I know they are safe. It is liberating. When I was a kid it was the same. My brother and I played outdoors for [...]

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American culture that warms my expat heart

March 13, 2008

I am not going mad. It is 1:30 p.m. in the French speaking part of Switzerland. My children are watching Cartoon Network France. Tom and Jerry to be exact. In English. Just like my brother and I did as little kids. It must be some sort of conspiracy to teach little French speaking kids English. [...]

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Duck feet

March 12, 2008

Holding my umbrella firmly in my hands, I used it as a shield to break the wind and rain as I pressed my way home. A burst of wind whiped under the umbrella forcefully lifting it up out of my hands. The umbrella was sent soaring down the street with me chasing after it. What [...]

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Yellow triangle for safety

February 28, 2008

In Switzerland, children are provided a free yellow, reflective traffic triangle that is worn to and from school. It is placed over clothing around the neck. Children are, also, given traffic training by a professional starting at age five which is the first year a child can go to school. Sweet Bear was given the [...]

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Counting with your fingers in English vs. in French

February 27, 2008

In English, you start counting on your fingers with your index finger while in French you start with your thumb. I taught my bilingual children to count in English and French starting with the correct finger depending on the language. When they count in each language they switch their starting finger without thinking about it. [...]

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Pirate rain boots

February 14, 2008

…for navigating the waters of life. The back of the rain boots have reflectors for safe navigation! We found these rain boots at Dosenbach (a shoe store) where I found my comfy Swiss slippers about a month ago. We have bought many of our families shoes and boots there since moving to Switzerland. Petite Clown [...]

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Language learning with Mama

November 5, 2007

Back in August I made a post about my bilingual children and language learning. I wanted to make the follow up post sooner but kept putting it off due to lack of time due to laziness. Now, I am making myself sit down and do it. While in college, during one of my social psychology [...]

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Flickr and my children’s photos

October 16, 2007

I had someone favorite a photo of my children on flickr.I thought it was weird because they didn’t have a profile or any photos of their own. I had just blocked them when I saw I had flickr mail. I checked the mail and it was from a mother that had photos of her daughter [...]

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Protecting your children online

October 12, 2007

As a mother of a soon to be teenage girl, I worry that she may get herself into something not so comfortable or dangerous online. She is a smart girl. Yet, I remember what it was like to be a teenager. Somehow, teenagers think they are indestructible and parents are annoyingly overprotective. Parents don’t get [...]

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Rain Rain Go Away…

September 27, 2007

I took this picture this morning on the way to take Sweet Bear to the bus. It was a rainy morning but I think it was beautiful outside. The leaves have started to fall from some of the trees. As you can see”my bench” is surrounded by leaves of orange and brown. Even if I [...]

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There is light at the end of the tunnel

September 22, 2007

Surfing the internet while waiting on my husband to get ready for the village festival. Sorry, I have been neglecting my blog, e-mail and I even missed a day of 365 on flickr. I have been adjusting to a new life schedule. Since, I can’t find someone to watch my three children while I go [...]

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Tutoring English

September 12, 2007

I have officially sat with my neighbor’s daughter twice to teach her English.  She is very determined and has already learned how to pronounce the alphabet correctly in English.  She has a French accent which is normal.  But, she works hard to pronounce the words like I do.  She is starting to sound American! For today’s lesson [...]

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Language learning with bilingual children

August 30, 2007

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 French [...]

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What parents did before diapers

August 29, 2007

Remember the post where I talked about how it drove me crazy not having the Internet because I wonder about things like what did people do before diapers and want to find the answer right away? Well, I did find out the answer after a short Internet search when I got back online. I was [...]

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Steaming

August 27, 2007

As I sit here typing my body is still steaming from spending the day chasing kids and laundry. One day of laundry a week is great on all the days I do not have to do it. Today, I was not feeling it. Luckily, it was hot and my one dozen loads dried quickly. I [...]

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