River walk and other things

On Sunday we went for a walk by the river before the rain came, where we saw a squirrel and Bluet and Ilona played on the see-saw




Here is Ilona, pleased as punch with her new dress Emily bought her in Boston



And here is Ilona's hair all curly after removing the braids Veronika put in



Bluet on the way to her English phonics class on Saturday morning



And posing with the local Hoengg bear (at her request) on the way home



Waiting for Bluet to go to kindergarten (this is every day)



I am not convinced Ilona is being very careful

Easter Weekend

Here is what we got up to on Easter weekend. On Saturday we took the kids to get their faces painted



Ilona's turn





There was also hairstyling going down



They also both got to make rabbits from flowerpots. Bluet's rode the best seat on the tram on the way home


Then it was time to enjoy the garden in the sun


Before the face painting, some eggs needed dyeing



On Sunday the eggs were hunted



And, of course, there was some rain

Last weekend it rained

Last weekend it rained most of the time which made it difficult to entertain, but we did our best. In brief periods of 'sun' they were excited to go outside - Bluet was so proud of this tower she built, she ran downstairs to find me to ask me to take a photo of it



But by Sunday we needed to go further afield, so given the weather we did a family brunch at PQ, which was really fun, as finally Bluet and Ilona are more or less happy to sit in their chair in a restaurant for as long as it takes us to eat our meal.



Although getting Ilona to stay in her seat on the tram was a different matter

Swiss weather part II

Of course, often it also rains, and that was the case this most recent weekend. The kids still need to go outside, or else they (and everyone else) would go crazy, so on Sunday we donned our rainwear and went out for a walk around Hoengg.

First stop, a truly enormous snail.

Next, a few minutes in the car park of a local hairdresser, mainly because they fill the window with child attracting items - at halloween, witches, today, frogs with boots

Then outside the local model aeroplane shop to look at aeroplanes

The playground is almost in sight!

Swings = success!

Then we found an abandoned plastic car to roll down the hill, before heading home