As Chloé was taking her morning nap, Abram and I were cleaning house and preparing to go outside to enjoy the beautiful spring weather we have been having this week. We live in an apartment here in Switzerland, which may seem very inconvenient for accessing the great outdoors. We don't have our own yard and are only able to savor our small approximately 8' x 10' deck for easy convenience to the fresh air. As I was getting ready to take the children out, I started feeling sorry that I didn't have a yard for such a convenience. But once we got outside, I remembered what I love about living apartment style here. Every major convenience that we enjoy is just a short walking distance from our apartment. So although I have to bundle the kids up to go out, once we are strolling down the path, we can do just about everything - grocery shop, play at a variety of parks, drop mail in the post box, take a walk to the lake, and the elementary school, etc. I am even now in the mind frame that if I have to load the children in the car to do something, I will make sure that it is not something I can already do in our little neighborhood. Aside from playdates and my occasional ALDI run, packing children in the car along with a stroller and then having to unpack and repack and unpack again is not always worth the trip now.As we left our apartment this morning, the mailman was delivering mail to our apartment. Postmen ride motorcycles here with a trailer that carries mail on the back. And if a little boy didn't already think that being a postman was cool? And I am amazed again this spring at how much little children LOVE to swing. Here are some of our self-timed photos this week. If you can't get your 2 year old to pose for pictures for you, teach him/her how to do the self-timer. Look how posed Abram is for these! We are not able to go outside now until Chloé wakes from her fairly regular morning nap now. Since it was so close to lunch time, I threw some ham/cheese/bread in the stroller along with a blanket and we had a "picnic". I couldn't believe that more people were not out picnicing like us, until I realized how much more Abram played at the playground instead of ate! And I don't think I have posted Abram on his bike yet. This ride is almost like a second pair of feet for him now. He loves to ride his bike!
Abram is so cute on his bike - we just bought a Puky dreirad - the kind with the handle that the parents can push. Frank is so thrilled now with 2 bikes - he rides the one from Abram all over the house - when he's bigger I think we'll get him one like Abram has now.
How much fun! Swinging, picnicing outdoors and just having fun! It's great to see how Abram & Chloe are both growing so big. What a great bike rider - seems to have no fear!!! It's so fun to see your pictures on the blog!
way to go bike riding abram...looks like you'll be ready to help with the post very soon! Sometimes I feel like you do about going out. I find myself wishing for a fence to let them out and roam to their heart's content, but we have such wonderful times outdoors together...looking forward to running errands on our bikes this spring (everytime i think it is here, it snows again!) :) xoxo
Welcome to our family blog! We live in the Geneva, Switzerland area now. Jacob works in Business Operations for a Swiss Bank and Jessi is a speech-language pathologist who is at home with the children right now. We fill our lives with travel, educational moments with our children, our religion, good food, crafting, and blogging to keep all of our family and friends in the loop about what is going on with us! We hope to stay in touch with all of our family and friends.
As we left our apartment this morning, the mailman was delivering mail to our apartment. Postmen ride motorcycles here with a trailer that carries mail on the back. And if a little boy didn't already think that being a postman was cool?
And I am amazed again this spring at how much little children LOVE to swing. 
Here are some of our self-timed photos this week. If you can't get your 2 year old to pose for pictures for you, teach him/her how to do the self-timer. Look how posed Abram is for these!
We are not able to go outside now until Chloé wakes from her fairly regular morning nap now. Since it was so close to lunch time, I threw some ham/cheese/bread in the stroller along with a blanket and we had a "picnic". I couldn't believe that more people were not out picnicing like us, until I realized how much more Abram played at the playground instead of ate! 
And I don't think I have posted Abram on his bike yet. This ride is almost like a second pair of feet for him now. He loves to ride his bike!
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So fun! I love the smiles that A gives for the camers--too cute! We have been enjoying the sun more as well...I need the vitamin D!
Apartment life has a lot of advantages...looks like you are in a great area!
The postman rides motorcycles? Too cool!
I want to go shopping at ALDI because everything is in French!
Abram is so cute on his bike - we just bought a Puky dreirad - the kind with the handle that the parents can push. Frank is so thrilled now with 2 bikes - he rides the one from Abram all over the house - when he's bigger I think we'll get him one like Abram has now.
I really need to get Ray's bike out and let him ride. He loved seeing Abram riding his.
How much fun! Swinging, picnicing outdoors and just having fun! It's great to see how Abram & Chloe are both growing so big. What a great bike rider - seems to have no fear!!! It's so fun to see your pictures on the blog!
Love, Grandma Berg
way to go bike riding abram...looks like you'll be ready to help with the post very soon! Sometimes I feel like you do about going out. I find myself wishing for a fence to let them out and roam to their heart's content, but we have such wonderful times outdoors together...looking forward to running errands on our bikes this spring (everytime i think it is here, it snows again!) :)
xoxo
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