Monthly Archives: November 2011

She only ever lets me do her hair like this when no one else will see it.  That means I can never do her hair cute for all the places it would make the most sense to do it.  No … Continue reading →

Since Sophie has recorder lessons on Monday nights, I contemplated having her stay home, so we could start our Halloween festivities earlier.  But instead, I just worked really hard to get most things ready before we left.  It worked out … Continue reading →

This year, the core group of ladies who always run/organize the Halloween Carnival decided to do things a little differently.  Rather than have one person in charge of the whole shebang, we would divide up the responsibilities.  That way no … Continue reading →

Chris programmed the GPS to avoid the freeway, and take us south through the Berner Oberland.  It took us about 3.5 hours to get home, but it was totally worth it.  We had brought movies for the kids to watch, … Continue reading →

We left the chocolate factory and drove through a couple small, very picturesque towns to arrive at the Gruyere cheese factory. I really liked the set up of this factory tour.  There were individual headsets to carry around, and you … Continue reading →

On Friday, at the end of vacation, Papa took off from work and we went on a family excursion. We packed 3 adventures into one day, so I will divide them into 3 parts, so it isn’t too long of … Continue reading →

For our two week vacation in October, we all enjoyed some much needed down time.  Nick, especially, had been confronted on a daily basis with challenges and stresses since the beginning of school;  new kids, new teachers, new building, new … Continue reading →

One Wednesday afternoon, the kids were a bit bored, so I sent them outside with the sidewalk chalks and told them to find something to do.  Chris and I read an article once that said it’s good for children to … Continue reading →

The First, Second, and Third grade classes went on a group hike in early October.  Fortunately, the day of the hike was gorgeous weather, so there was no need to postpone it until later.  We knew that they were going … Continue reading →

This year the home for disabled persons in our town had it’s annual fundraising party on the same weekend as Nick’s birthday.  We always have a good time there, so it was rather serendipitous, especially since he is now at … Continue reading →