More no news... (and some pics)

The days are just passing by. No really interesting things going on (thank God). Kids are doing fine. Chris is doing great at Google. And my Swiss German is still horrible . I enjoy the weather. The people are really friendly and helpful. I do miss my work (or more the intellectual challenge) but I'll try to keep my brains in shape (reading books in english and german, sudoku, swiss german) for when I think it's time to look for a job again. Until then, I enjoy my family and the mountains.

No news is good news?

It's been a while since I have been here. It's just that not much is going on worth mentioning. We're all enjoying the sunny weather.
In the last week of april, we've been to France with my family-in-law. Had a great time, in spite of the questionable weather. It feels unfair. Almost all the frühlingsferien we have had much rain. When school started again the sun started shining. Nevertheless the kids played a lot outside, we went "treasure hunting", went swimming, etc.

Last Sunday it was Mother's day. I am not really into that, much too commercial. But since my husband planned to buy Wii Fit I changed my mind. Of course the kids had nice self-made presents for me. And they were relatively sweet that day (but that was probably due to the increased game-time that day).

On Pfingstmontag we drove to a mountainside at the Walensee. There we watched the paragliders take off, ate an icecream, and in between we went for a short walk to some sort of monument. That day really felt like vacation!

So, now you know what we've been doing lately. Not much...

Dancing with the Stars

It is obvious that our kids have their mother's dance talent...

It's a beautiful day!

And it was, yesterday. We went skiing again. It was pretty warm, kids didn't need their jackets. Snow got quit slushy but that made the kids go slower. Now they practised making turns, and they could get on the magic carpet by themselves (even Tom didn't need our help). Pim and Bas went down alone as well, Tom needed a hand. But it was a relaxing day and it is always nice to see your kids so happy.

Skiing again

Yesterday we went skiing with the kids. It was their first time. At least it was for Bas and Tom. Pim has had a try before but not on a real slope. PBT really liked the skiing. I was surprised how well Bas was doing. I had expected him to be more afraid but he wasn't afraid at all! After a few times down the slope he only needed a hand to get to the elevator. The rest he could do on his own!



Pim was a bit more uncertain. And he should be. Not being able to steer or stop makes skiing pretty risky (of course we stayed on a beginner's slope and not much harm could be done but with Pim you never know). Anyway, Chris or I stayed with him all the time and caught him when he went too fast. This way Pim dared to go down and still liked it.



Tom was just as I expected, the cool little guy not caring about danger or brakes. He just went down and when he fell we picked him up and he would go down again.



Anyway, we all had a great day. Hope to do it again soon. But maybe then with some real lessons for the kids.

Skiing

Friday I went skiing again for the first time in seven years! Luckily my skihose still fitted after three children. But I could't close my right skischuhe anymore. My calf and foot have become too thick (fat?). With only one out of four schnallen open I figured the boot would still stay on (and I was right).
Chris and I went to Flumserberg. For our standards a small ski-ort but big enough for a day. Wide pistes, not too difficult, hardly any other skiers. That was mainly due to the bad weather: rain. We got soaking wet and cold and therefore quit a bit earlier than planned.

Still we had a great day and want to return soon but this time with kids (my parents-in-law were over for a visit and the kids stayed at home with them). Hopefully the weather will get better. The forecasts aren't that good unfortunately.

Kindercity

Today I took the kids to Kindercity in Volketswil (again). It's a scientific museum for small children (I think Technorama in Winterthur is for older children) with lots of play things about electricity, telecom, the human body, etc. And also about music and sound, movement, and more and more. All very pedagogical. And expensive. Guess that's what the Swiss think as well since there were hardly any other visitors. Hope they won't go broke in the coming year since I bought us a familien jahrkarte.