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attempt to escape
If it is only half past eight in the morning and you already feel that you are going crazy, there is only one option: out, out, out! In this case, out and off to the indoor gymnastics. It’s a new … Continue reading
a very diligent Samichlaus…
This christmas season is the first one that the little one actively celebrates. So far, it has been a great time both for her and for us. She as a little one learns about all the beautiful traditions that come … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Switzerland, the little one
Tagged Children, christmas, nikolaus, Samichlaus, Switzerland
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this moment
A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama. (And if you have a blog yourself, feel free to join in and leave a link … Continue reading
self-help
“Mama, you can get your snow suit! There is snow trickling in our living room!” (in German: Schneegeriesel!) (I already thought that it was suspiciously quiet in our flat….)
Posted in Children, the little one
Tagged Children, daffing, Schneegeriesel, snow, styrofoam
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COOKIES…
Yesterday was the day! Our annual bake-athon. As last year, and the year before, and the year before that year, we met our friends for a whole day of christmas cookie baking. It does get more challenging every year, on … Continue reading
Posted in culinary bits and pieces, Family
Tagged baking, Children, christmas cookies
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fun with flats – the beginning
Yesterday, I started to write a blog post. It started with the words: “Every now and then I look around in our flat and while I am trying to blend out the chaos I am filled with happiness and gratitude … Continue reading
it’s all a phase…
Never trust a smooth-running weekend. A moment later everything comes down, starting with a vomiting daughter in the morning who, after not keeping anything inside all morning, fell asleep on the floor for more than two hours. Unfortunately, it wasn’t … Continue reading
from autumn to winter
The last few days have been full. Full of activities, full of preparations, full of excitement. On Friday, the unusual nice and warm weather turned the other way round. It was rainy and stormy, so stormy that you could hear … Continue reading
this moment
A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama. (And if you have a blog yourself, feel free to join in and leave a link … Continue reading
what is actually happening in the garden?
The answer is: surprisingly much! With November proving to be unusually mild (running around wearing a t-shirt in November is probably a most alarming sign regarding global warming), the garden still offers one or another surprise. Yesterday, we took the … Continue reading
familial entropy 