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Saturday outing


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 [...]

My heart is in the clouds


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


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 [...]

First day of school in Switzerland


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 [...]

Gift from above


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 [...]

Visite médicale


I stand outside the doors to my daughters school. I am peering into the window to see if someone is around to let me in because like in all French schools the doors are locked at starting time. A wide smile greets me. I like this particular woman because she has a [...]

Happy New Year!


I don’t know if I will be able to stay awake long enough to watch the big apple (or whatever is used now) drop in New York on t.v. tonight bringing in the New Year. We took Angel back to her father today. We left at 8 AM this morning and only got [...]