kitschenette - life in the swiss lane

Tired feet

Tired feet, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

Just back from a great weekend in Amsterdam. We struck it lucky with the weather and had 3 perfect days of blue sky, sunshine, friends and just the right amount of museum/gallery visiting.

Little legs

Little legs, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

My girl's new favourite pair of shoes. Hot pink leopard print high heels - hideous! My theory in letting her wear them around everywhere lies in the faint hope that she will get all this fancy-shoe business out of her system now so that when she becomes a teenager she will have no interest whatsoever in high heels and frippery. hey it worked for me! What do you think my chances are???
Here you can see she has paired them rather fetchingly with her Lillifee nightie.
:)

Yesterday at breakfast

Yesterday at breakfast, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

She came downstairs looking strangely grown up.

Reflection

Reflection, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

This morning at the Rote Fabrik.

Pink hair

Pink hair, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

Foreshadowing teenage hair colours to come...

Nadine, on the weekend. We had an impromptu birthday party for Francis, in the late afternoon sunshine, stretching on through the evening. Fun times!

Down the mountain

Down the mountain, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

In Grindelwald Bruno, Max and Lola took the option of heading back down the mountain on a trottinette (scooter) instead of the SAFER and more ENJOYABLE option of going down in the cable car. I mean, c'mon, scootering down a mountain at top speed? Forget it!

They all loved it, of course.

Running up that hill

Running up that hill, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

We went to Grindelwald on the weekend for some alpine air.
Had to leave early because part of the glacier that sits above the town broke away and fell into the lake of melt water that forms in front of it every summer. The danger was that the dam would break and more than one million cubic metres of water would rush out and flood the town and valley below. Scary! It all turned out to be ok, but the flashing lights and helicopters flying overhead all added to the sense of emergency.

Flowers for Mum

Flowers for Mum, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

Thinking of my lovely mum on Mother's Day. Miss you, Mum!
Hope you arrived home safe and sound. Kiddies send big kisses and love - let's talk soon.

These roses are locally-grown and smell so fantastic - like REAL roses. Not my mum's favourite flower though - that would be freesias. A couple of weeks ago I found a bunch of freesias and bought them home - the whole week our house smelt like freesias and each time I walked in the door I thought of mum.

Lola, pony

Lola, pony, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

Pearl had her birthday party at the kinderzoo on Saturday, and Lola and I went along for the fun.
It was a beautiful day, blue sky and sunshine, and everyone had fun.

Later in the evening Bruno and I went with Caryl and Lorenz to PlasticFancy's super amazing apartment for a really wonderful dinner (too tired to take any photos unfortunately). Mother's day went by in a blur - brunch with Bruno's parents and then I crashed for a sleep, right in the middle of the day! Most unlike me, I usually hate naps (because I wake up crankier than ever) but I just couldn't keep my eyes open for a minute longer.
Why does sleep feel so good...

Chesty Bonds

Chesty Bonds, originally uploaded by kitschenette.

Cleaning out my clothes cupboards today, I was surprised but happy to find that Max now fits my old t-shirts - my old black Chesty Bonds (Australian classics!) now have a new and appreciative home.

Bruno, Max and I can now often be found wearing a similar outfits - black t-shirts, turned-up jeans and birkenstocks...now just to indoctrinate Lola into the family outfit....