Author: yoongz

So yesterday was the 2nd trial day for Tobias at the Krippe. It went really well – i left him there after watching him have breakfast & came back just before lunch time – he did very well according to the gals there – didn’t cry – just played with the toys & other kids. He was enjoying an apple when i returned & he didn’t run to greet me (which was a little sad for mummy but…).
So the final paperwork has been settled & we’ll start officially on Monday (2nd Oct). i’ll probably watch him have breakfast again & then leave him there it is time to pick him up after lunch.

Today we went to the Herbst Solothurn (HESO) – a autumn fair/exhibition type thingy even year at the end of Sept. Tobias enjoyed himself petting the animals at the Petting Zoo – thot one of the calf knocked him over – he is fine. Then we rode the train & merry-go-round – he won’t ride by himself so i went with him (it was nice that there was no charge for the mummy). i really didn’t like the merry-go-round too much – went round too fast i felt. Or maybe i’ve just not been on one for so very long. Walked round to see the 8x halls of exhibits & then it was the playground for a bit & then home.

It has been a good day.
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Today was Tobias’ 1st trial day at daycare. i was there with him the whole time. It was good – it gave me an idea of what he would be involved in while there. Tobias enjoyed it greatly. So in a sense i’m relived – in another sense, i worry more now – sigh! the conflicting emotions of being a mum. i’m confident that the care is good but worry that he’ll not be able to express what he needs to the gals/ladies there (eg go peepee – he is the only 2yr old who is toilet-trained).
There were only a handful of kids when we got there in the morning – there was also another mum there with her 2x kids, also on their 1st trial day – her son, Jonas, is only 1x month younger than Tobias. Her little gal (i can’t remember her name) is only 6x months. But she is going back to work 1x day a week so they’ll have to come to daycare (which by the way is known as the Kinderkrippe or Krippe for short). The really interesting thing is that while talking with this other mum, Karin, we found out that her husband’s good friend works with Walter – talking about connecting people – hhehehehhee 😉
The kids then have breakfast & after that a time of singing (this is the structured time for the morning). They sang in Swiss so Tobias wasn’t too interested as he didn’t quite understand. Besides, he was too distracted with all the toys around. The kids then get free playtime. Then it was lunch – a simple fare of soup, salad & apple cake.
Tobias really took to the Curry Cream soup they served today – he also took to the Curry Noodles at yesterday’s Sunday Lunch at church.
Well, that’s the excitement for today.

Walter is home for a few days – but he goes off again to US on Wednesday & this time for 2x weeks – sigh!

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So Walter is now sitting at the airport in Texas (not sure which one) – waiting to board the plane to fly home – yep, he’s coming back this weekend after all. However, he will have to go back again sometime next week – so he may only be home for a few days before having to leave again. Sigh! See what i mean.

Oh i also wanted to add to the list of places we visited while in France. i think i forgot to mention that we lived in the little village of Ste Croix. We also visited the city of Chalon – which is quite interesting, it has an island of its own. i though we should have a full list of the places we visited – so we remember them.

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