Good Friday to all! Okay here is my corny entry for today:
What I love about Switzerland?

I love the amazing flowers and smells in the spring here. It seems so much more vibrant than at home. I guess that is because the temperature is so mild here. Mary Molloy and I were walking to the store this afternoon and the little gardens along the street are so amazing and smell so great! Probably my favorite thing about spring here in Zurich. We went to Junker Farms today with a friend and her daughter. The farm is about 20 or 30 minutes outside of Zurich...so fun! Mary Molloy got to pet a baby goat...so cute! We saw and fed the bunny rabbits, jumped on the trampolines and played on the playground. It is such a quant little place...they had there own market and everything was as fresh as you could possibly get it. They also made there own hand cream so I bought 7 bottles of it...yes 7? We lunched at the picnic tables and then headed back to the city. It was a great day and we had sooo much fun.
I have missed everyone back home a lot lately and today was a nice change having met a new friend and enjoying what the rest of the world has to offer.
I am blessed to have this experience and when I get sad about missing everyone that is what I tell myself!

Love my alone time!!!!

Okay! I am a dork but I love it! Today I took Mary Molloy to Tammy's daycare. Tammy is from Israel not Alabama....funny that Tammy doesn't sound like a name of someone from Israel...but what do I know?!
Mary Molloy must know her tram stops already because when we came up to the Frolichstrasse stop (don't even try to pronouce it...I have been corrected so many times!) which is "Tammy's stop" she yells, "Tammy". She loves her.
Anywho, I am getting off track here. I decided to do some shopping alone for once and then I went to the cutest little French bistro in old town.....it had down pillows to lean against...so fun! I would have taken a picture but this wasn't a place you did that sort of thing as no one was speaking English...and there were some fancy folks in there. So I sat there sipping my sparkling water (yes we drink sparkling water now....it is good..you have to try it!) and I had a glass of wine with my tomato soup and salad. It is nice to eat alone and relax....BUT I think the waiters were laughing at me. They kept walking by and smiling and I must say that is the only thing strange about eating by yourself....you end up talking to the waiters a lot. It is like getting a massage and having someone talk to you the whole time.(That always happens to me...I end up knowing the life story of the therapist! Ugh!)
On my "alone days" I always have the intention to go buy myself something but end up drifting towards the children's stores and MM gets the prizes.
That is about all I have to report here.
Chris's "go-live" as he calls it(whatever that means) was Monday and all went well. He is back to his old self! It is nice.
Okay I am done...sorry to ramble.
Take care-

Rain Rain Go Away!!!

So it has been raining now since Saturday and it is cold. Lovely! MM is so bord....I have resorted to having dance class with her. Taught by me which is hysterical and scary. So I thought I would share a "fun fact" with you all: you can't get normal canned soup or brown sugar here to name a few BUT I was informed about a online store "American Food Avenue".....as I was so excited to hear the news I rushed to my computer to place an order only to find that 1 can of Campbells Cream of Chicken Soup costs 3.20 fr which is essentially $3.20 since the dollar is so weak! FOR 1 CAN!!!! Got to love those Swiss!
Mary Molloy is very entertaining these days: She likes to color, pretend cook, and likes giving kisses and hugs. She also likes saying hello to strangers and noticing every clock in Zurich which is a lot. She yells CLOCK but can't really pronouce her L's so it isn't a very pretty word that she is yelling all over town. Thats all for now folks...catch up with you all later when there is something worth mentioning! Cheers.

Pictures from Missy's visit

We had a great time with Aunt Missy! We went to Grignan, France...one of the many wine regions. We relaxed and had great weather. MM got to eat chocolate pastries and drank wine! Just kidding...it was juice. We tried Rose wine for the first time. I thought it would have been sweet but it was nice. Chris and I ate pigeon...yes the bird. I keep apologizing to all the city pigeons telling them I am sorry I ate their friend. It was okay...won't eat it again...but I felt very French!

MM playing with Lydia

Mary Molloy had her friend Lydia over for a playdate. They have lots of fun together and are very sweet.

Most updated pics but still old

Hello all! Okay I am new at this blog thing so forgive me.

So, what is happening here? Zurich is AMAZING during the spring or I should say May, since we had a ton of rain in April. We go to the park all the time with other little ones and have playdates a lot. We went to the park next to the lake for mothers day and got mooned..yes mooned. A family was setting up shop with kids etc...and a DAD dropped pants...I saw hairy ass and put on his swimsuit. We are definitely in Europe. Chris and I were laughing so hard.... it was the best mothers day gift ever.

Mary Molloy is good, tough but good....when I am exhausted and want to let my guard down I remind myself that being consistant will pay off in the long run...or I hope. Daddy is such a pushover so Mom is always the bad guy. Oh well!

Chris's "go-live" is in Basel on Monday so he is in Basel tonight and tomorrow. I got a babysitter for tomorrow night whether he makes it home or not. I have planned to go to dinner with some friends but if everyone bails I will still will go to a quite dinner by myself...it is fun. Hard to do the first time but once you do it ..it is kind of addictive.

Cheers-

Mindy

Spring in Zurich

MM likes to swing on the balcony. She is very happy and we don't have to fight over the swings at the park! Basically we spend lots of time at the park and having "playdates" with other tots. Other than that life is quiet.