Monthly Archives: March 2008

I know, it sounds like a made up holiday, doesn't it?  But there really truly is a thing called Easter Monday here in Switzerland.  I have no idea why, other than that they wanted an extra long weekend in between … Continue reading →

What a busy past three days we have had.  I probably could have posted a little something every day, but there was just no time to do it.  So we will just have to rely on my faulty memory. haha. … Continue reading →

Today Alexandra reached a big milestone in life, her first solid food.  We usually celebrate the sixth month birthday of all our babies by letting them have their first taste of rice cereal, but we were in France for Lexi's … Continue reading →

We received some very exciting news Monday night.  Chris' Grandpa Jean has very kindly and generously offered up some of his frequent flyer miles to help us come to the Charles Family reunion in August.  Woohoo!  Hip, hip, hooray for … Continue reading →

For the past couple of months, Chris has been experiencing strange symptoms when eating certain foods.  Felt like his throat was closing up sometimes, other times his tongue got all tingly.  Finally, I convinced him that rather than being all … Continue reading →

There was a recent link on my family's website to an article decrying the loss of downtime for today's children.  In a nutshell, the authors did a study that showed a too structured childhood can lead to less imagination in … Continue reading →

Going anywhere with five young children requires lots of planning, organization and time.  Going 600 Kilometers with five young children requires LOTS of planning, organization and TIME.  According to MapQuest it is a 6 hour drive from our house to … Continue reading →

We finally managed to get up, dressed, breakfasted and to the park by 11 today.  Good thing too, because as we entered the gates who should come walking up to sign autographs but the king himself, Mickey Mouse.  Sarah was … Continue reading →

We woke up to streets wet with rain.  The forecast said it would be sunny and warmer than Wednesday.  Well, it was warmer, but definitely not sunny.  Fortunately, we had planned for it to be rainy the entire time, so … Continue reading →