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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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A walk before bedtime makes for sweet dreams

April 13, 2008

We needed to work out the cramps in our muscles from yesterdays long walk. After dinner was finished and the dishes cleaned up, we headed out for a walk. I think it took us longer to convince the kids to go and get their coats on than it did to take the walk. Once we [...]

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Watch out for those worms!

April 10, 2008

The kids had a blast walking to and from the bus stop today. The entertainment? Worms. Worm after worm dotted the walk because of the rain. In the photo above, Petite Clown almost squished one. She looked up at me with a big smile and said, “Boy, that was a close one!”, in perfect English. [...]

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Our first Easter in Switzerland

March 24, 2008

Sweet Bear made this chick at school out of paper plates. The neck is a red sock with a hole cut out for her thumb. It is adorable! She, also, made this Easter basket. The kids left the baskets out the day before for the Easter Bunny. The next day of school, the kids had [...]

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A path

March 7, 2008

As I stood watching the children play in the snow, I felt at peace. The village clock sitting on the church tower showed a quarter past eight. We had fifteen more minutes left of snow play before we had to make the rest of the way down the hill to the train station. In front [...]

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Sweet Bear photography

October 16, 2007

The computer. Papa on the computer. I found this a very interesting shot. She was taking a picture of her new umbrella’s handle but she got so much more. The three musketeers. She took a photo of me on the phone with my mom but I thought it was interesting how it turned out. And, [...]

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Weekend photos…

October 14, 2007

I took this photo the other morning. After I had rolled up the shutter in the girls room, I was greeted by a beautifully criss-crossed sky. I ran and grabbed the camera to capture it. My inlaws and my niece came for a visit this weekend. When I saw them I told my husband I [...]

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I recommend duct tape if you have children…lots of it!

October 11, 2007

Last week we were sitting in the train station house waiting for Sweet Bear’s school bus. It was rainy and cold. An old Swiss man walks in. We exchange bonjours. I have seen him once before. At that time he had on the same hat. It resembles a Santa’s hat but smaller and not red. [...]

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Photohunt: curvy

October 6, 2007

This cows horns were kinda curvy. These diggers are curvy. photohunt curvy photohunt

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Pumpkin Bread Recipe (Recette)

September 28, 2007

Last Friday, I had bought another small baking pumpkin at our village Coop. Since I had already baked a pie with the last one that I had purchased, I decided to make some pumpkin bread with this one. It was a good choice. I used this great and easy recipe. Makes one loaf 1 1/2 [...]

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Saturday outing

September 16, 2007

We took the train to La Chaux-de-fond to buy Sweet Bear and Petite Clown some shoes. Afterwards, we took advantage of our all day tickets. When taking the train it is generally cheaper to buy the all day tickets rather than the round trip tickets. The all day tickets allow us to go anywhere in [...]

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My heart is in the clouds

September 2, 2007

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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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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First day of school in Switzerland

August 21, 2007

Sweet Bear started school yesterday! She was happy, happy, happy. Petite Clown wasn’t happy that she isn’t old enough to go to school in Switzerland. She doesn’t understand why she went to school in France and can’t here. The fact that France and Switzerland are two different countries doesn’t mean a whole lot to a [...]

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Gift from above

March 17, 2007

My leg muscles stretched in happiness as we walked in Lingolsheim yesterday. For a little over an hour and a half we passed by bakeries and shops. Window displays were full of flowers, little yellow chicks, eggs and rabbits. Trees and bushes were bursting with color. At some points the sidewalk was littered with fallen [...]

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