Monthly Archives: December 2009

Last year, after several years of frustration trying to get those blankety blank gingerbread houses stuck together in such a way that they would actually be fit for a gingerbread man to live in, I gave up and we just … Continue reading →

As promised, a little video celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.  In case you were wondering, Alexandra is baby Jesus, but she refused to get in her manger, Noah is Joseph but he wouldn't wear a costume, I am a … Continue reading →

Wednesday, December 10, we headed up to the school at 6:30 pm to watch the unveiling of the "Unterstufe" Advent window.  In our area of Switzerland, they lump similar aged school children into one group and give them a name.  … Continue reading →

Roughly translated this means Advent coffee break.  All the kids in Noah's kindergarten brought home invitations to visit their classroom the week of December 7 through December 11, after 10:15.  I did not go the first day, and Noah was … Continue reading →

Sunday, December 6th, was St. Nikolaus Tag in Germany.  Here, though, he is called Samichlaus.  Normally, we go up in the evening for a walk in the forest with the other families, and Samichlaus comes down with his donkeys and … Continue reading →

Aack!  I totally forgot about Sarah's ballet performance.  Probably since it occurred in the middle of all the Thanksgiving hustle and bustle.  Her teacher wanted to organize a little recital so that the students could show off their skills, and … Continue reading →

Wednesday night, Chris announced that he was taking Friday off of work and we were going shopping.  Well, all right!  That sounds like my kind of fun.  We got the kids all ready for school and out of the house, … Continue reading →

Every year our town has a fun little tradition to help count the days until Christmas.  They send out a sign up sheet sometime in October and who ever wants to can volunteer to decorate a window or part of … Continue reading →

As in years past, we celebrated Thanksgiving by taking the kids out of school for the day and inviting the missionaries over to eat with us.  We used one of the two joker days each child gets every school year.  … Continue reading →

After my adventures at the airport, I rushed home, where Chris had been hanging out with Alexandra.  We drove him down to the train station, and then went to the department store in town.  I let her pick out two … Continue reading →