Ben wanted to make pancakes this morning. He asked me to make the batter, but he pretty much made himself a full stack of pancakes on his own. They looked nice too!
Tag: slice of life
Butterflies
Schilliger have their annual-ish butterfly greenhouse.
People never believe us
We were looking for Tolstoy last night and found him in Ben’s bed. He tends to go there when Ben’s away. There is a child size hole in all the crap in his bed. That’s all the space he has to sleep in. And not shown in this picture are polar bear and beaver (who are with him at scout camp), the two giant ikea sharks, snowman blanket from Scottsdales and the stuffed wolf we always think is a real dog from Smythes.
Bit crowded
When the child is away, the parents will play! Going to see Jurassic World. There’s a bit of a crowd for the Sunday matinée…
Scout camp 2018
And he’s off for another scout summer camp. This time, he seemed pretty excited to go. He’s been up since 5:30… He is so Katy’s son though. Nervous stomach, manic displacement, “there, I’ve interacted with a human being!” [actual quote, that last one]
#tribudugrandlac #scoutcamp #freedom #tooquiet #iloveyoubyebye #iloveyougoaway #willmisshim
Toques Junior Apero
Ben’s cooking class had an apero, and they all prepared the food that was served. Quite impressive, and tasty! We’re all super happy to have found him a cooking activity. It was actually harder than expected.
Another weekend, another BBQ
It’s a hard life
Bernhard organised a beach bbq in Preverenges. Big honking slab of dead cow, chicken, sausages, salads, good food and good company – some of which we hadn’t seen in quite a while. Ben spent most of the afternoon in the lake, and only just as we were leaving figured out that the girls were there to play with. That boy…
NRC family day
The annual family picnic held a lot of promise, with bouncy castles, drones flights, rc cars, roller coaster simulator, among others. Sadly, the crappy weather we’ve been having had other plans. The site turned into a giant boggy mess.
We still managed to eat out own body weight in chips, cheese, fruit skewers, and grilled chicken, duck, beef, turkey, pork, lamb, sausages and salads. Then there were crêpes, tartlets, meringues and waffle biscuits for desserts.
Hit him! HIIIIIIT HIMMMMMMM!
Ben wanted to go on the bumber cars. Note, bumber cars, not dodgems. Switzerland is not ruled by a bunch of elf’n’safety pansies. At first, he was all “nooooooooooooooooooooooooo”. After a couple of minutes, he turned into a blood-thirsty maniac who was yelling “HIT HIIIIM! HE LIKES IT!!”
A nice genteel day
We all went out for a walk to see the potters at the tulip fest. The cold weather we had recently means that the tulips are a bit behind schedule for the flowering, but it was still a gorgeous day, if only slightly marred by the alternatively whiny and I-want-to-buy-this bean. We took a train to Lausanne to browse a few shops and then go to our favourite brasserie for dinner. Again, very civilised.
For the most part.