Author Archives: Amy

The first week in November we attended the town’s turnip lantern parade. Just typing that out in English looks really weird! 🙂  Because we have never called it anything other than the Räebelichtliumzug. haha Anyway, only Noah and Alexandra carved … Continue reading →

Since Halloween was on a Thursday this year, and Thursday afternoons are always hectic for me, we broke with tradition and had our Halloween feast at lunch instead of dinner.  Nick has Thursday afternoons free, and Chris works from home … Continue reading →

This year we again held the annual Halloween Carnival.  It seemed like many of the moms who run it were very busy beforehand, so we didn’t get together and decorate the whole room like we had in the past.  Everyone … Continue reading →

Since we have year passes, I decided to take the kids up to Legoland during fall vacation. I was kind of excited because I knew they were celebrating Halloween there and I thought it would be fun for the kids … Continue reading →

Since we are planning on going to America next summer, we are saving up and not going on any European trips this year.  But we still have 2 weeks of vacation from school every 6 to 8 weeks, and we … Continue reading →

The two youngest had been kind of quiet for a while, so Chris went in to check on them.  This is what he found.  They were having quite a great time in stuffed animal heaven.  And these are mostly just … Continue reading →

Every year I ask if Nick would like to invite a few friends over for his birthday. They could go to the movies, go out to eat, whatever.  Every year he turns me down.  He has friends, he just prefers … Continue reading →

Originally, we were going to have Sophie’s party on the Saturday of the Aeugst Chilbi.  The party wasn’t until the evening, and I figured everyone would have plenty of time to attend both, especially since it would also be there … Continue reading →

Every couple of years we have a carnival in our little village.  It is the complete opposite of the one in Zurich, in that all the rides and offerings are old school. For example, there is this game where the … Continue reading →

Alexandra had a day completely filled from start to finish with celebrations in her honor.  It began with festivities in kindergarten. I arrived at around 8:30, bringing lemon cake and chocolate cupcakes for all the kids, to find her wearing … Continue reading →