December - Before Christmas!

Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe how long it has been since I posted something. December has flown by and it was a bit busy!

At the end of November, the kids all took turns being sick. I was sort of happy to have that over with before the holidays. They were pretty miserable for a couple of days. The boy's school actually closed for one day because so many kids were out with "flu like" symptoms.

Devin and Lucas were better by the time their school went to Basel, Switzerland for 2 days - December 10th and 11th. They had a great time. They visited 2 museums and toured the town. They visited the Christmas market and brought back some very nice gifts for us. Devin took the following pictures.

Their school has been doing some fantastic activities. They went last week to do "Curling". They said it was "super fun" but quite hard to get the stone in the circle!

I helped out with Christmas Around the World at Kate's school again this year. It was lots of fun once again. I added some countries that we didn't have last year.

France had some delicious dried fruits and nuts.

I really like the cheese and chocolate graters. I might have to get one of those before we leave.

This year I remembered to add the U.S.A table. I had a friend that just moved here not too long ago from Connecticut. She speaks fluent French and it was wonderful!

Last year I saw one of these at the table for Germany but I forget what it is called. It is basically a nativity scene in the middle and the heat from the candles makes it spin. I found it last year right after Christmas at a great price. We just love it and we actually have it out all year long.

We just started getting really cold last week. We had one day where the view of the Alps was so clear. We had our first snowflake in Neuchatel this past Sunday. Skiing has begun in the mountains. We have had snow flurries on and off all week and it makes for a wonderful holiday feeling.

I need to go and finish the packing. We are off on a big Adventure. I hope to post some great pictures for the end of 2009! We want to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season!