Saturday, June 8, 2013

moving week


it's officially moving week and i'm doing my best to hold it together.  faretheewell minusio, switzerland.

 palm trees, lakes, and alps in the same view.  sigh.




i'm going to miss all of the classic gems i come across, like these little bikers, complete with official neon vests and dog trailers at a busy intersection.



being so close to so many different countries and cities allowed some cool traveling and more funny gems, like the lipstick that someone put on this statue in neuchatel, switzerland.

 
 so beautiful.
a horse in vienna that was falling asleep and the only thing holding the poor guy's tongue in was his bit piece (or whatever that thing is called).  his drool pool was pretty major.

classic switzerland.  you may be in the woods, but there are always rules! 

cruisey is sure going to miss his little babmbini friends.  
 we went to a little farm the other day with some friends and saw some piglets that were only 5 days old.  i might have to stop eating pork, those little guys were adorable.
 above are the other mamas from my birthing class.  we met at the class and our babes are all about the same age.  love these ladies.  absolutely love them.

 i also love the milk here.  it's tricky to buy anything much less than 2.7%.  it was a shock to my ol' system at first, but i've since stabilized.

and my precious peanut who was so tired the other day that he crawled onto his rocker and got his binky and stuffed animals before settling down for a nap.

 one last look at the lago and one more . . .  sigh.



Tuesday, May 28, 2013

swingin' good time

love these crazy kids . . .


the swiss REALLY love their dairy.  this is the yogurt section at the grocery store . . . the cheese section is also massive.

 and you can always count on finding some yogurt desert treasures . . .

 the baby and husb i treasure . . .
 the landscape i treasure . . .
 brady's addiction . . .
 cruisey is always discovering new hideouts.
and he loves him some swingin'.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

special guest

last month i had a very special guest come visit . . .
lifelong bf, chelsea!  (she is a total baby whisperer, fyi)

the reunion was full of so much laughing and giggling, that i literally felt like i was back in junior high.    it was great!!  not to mention very liberating!!

trying to document the trip, we had to ask lots of randoms if they could take a picture for us.  this is an example from just one person.




finally got it right.  


 we toured around locally,
 wore matching leggings,
 went to prague,
 and found great lighting and backdrops all over the place.
 we then headed to ireland,
 saw teensie little lambs (which i am completely obsessed with and desparately need a couple),
 passed by a pub called cassidy's,
 and watched some quick moving legs.  best trip ever!

thank you for making this long journey, my beautiful, hilarious, talented, bf!  i look forward to lots of reuions in the future!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

a time for change

so we're moving.  and i'm majorly bummed.  there are so many incentives that our luring me home (trader joes, target, etc), but i frankly just want to stay.  i love this place so much.

i'm going to miss the random gems that i often come across . . .
i'm going to miss the interesting foods like the "sushi" below:

and ordering a cheese and salami sandwich to find a huge piece of zuchini tucked inside.
and i can't forget the interesting chip flavors.  i've come across swiss cheese flavored cheetos--which are very delicious, along with paprika potato chips (also very delicious), and so many more.
hello kitty has a wide range of products in the grocery aisle, including the cheese shown here and the lettuce i posted about a while back.

last summer when b and i were walking to the european cliff diving championship, we came across this fine fellow taking care of some yard maintainance:

i'm going to miss how the trees are trimmed for winter,
the scenic drives,

 the artistic licensing with paint color,
the architecture, 
and of course the electric-powered posta scooter zooming around town.