On Wednesday, the girls and I carved a pumpkin together- thankfully the girls don't have high expectations when it comes to pumpkin designs, so it was a success! Both of them did not want to put their hands in to help clean it out, so basically I carved a pumpkin with an audience.
On Friday, Adalyn was so excited to celebrate Halloween, she woke up at 5:00 am. She decided about a month ago that she wanted her and Eliza to be "Swiss Girls." Since then, we have been reading about "Heidi" and she was very excited.
Ready for school-
Swiss Sisters
Since Eliza has no hair, I improvised and made her hair! She was a bit confused...
Adalyn had a great day at school celebrating- here they don't really promote parent volunteers, so the party was pretty low key and done by the teacher and her assistant. That night, we were fortunate to get to go trick-or-treating! A friend of a friend has been organizing a route the last couple years, so we were able to join. We walked a lot (about two miles) just to trick or treat at 10 houses! But, the girls had a blast-
Loved picking out candy!
Many of you know that our little Eliza is quite the eater, on Halloween she did not disappoint. As I was pushing her around in the stroller, she was holding her bucket, which had a clementine in it. She was awfully quiet, so I looked down and found her eating a whole orange- peel and all! Thankfully I caught her after she only had a couple bites- nothing will stop this girl from eating!
On Saturday, it was a beautiful sunny day so we decided to go check out Evian-les-Bains, which is a town on the edge of Lake Geneva in the French Alps, about an hour from our house, famous for its spring water. We got a map and did a walking tour of the town- many unique shops, a visit to the spring, and a walk along the lakeside. Unfortunately, Adalyn was super tired, which we thought was just from the excitement of the day before, so we kept encouraging her to liven up and enjoy the day. When we got home, she was still super tired, and found out she had a temp. So, then we felt bad!! She has had a cough, and I think she is just worn down- so the rest of her weekend has been a lot of relaxing.
Another lakeside pose... thanks Grandma Schultz for the matching outfits!
Getting the fresh Evian water-
Enjoying the water-
Saturday night, Chris and I had plans to go out with friends to a fondue place on the lake. With Adalyn being sick, we were questioning whether we should go, but she seemed fine and would sleep most of the time with the sitter anyways, so we decided we would still go. Unfortunately, right before the sitter arrived, I started not feeling well, and we had to cancel due to a stomach bug I had.
Thankfully, I have finally been able to get through to a clinic for the girls that speaks English, so I feel much better as we enter the sick season. I took Eliza there on Friday for her skin problems, she has always had dry skin, but it was getting out of control- so we learned that she indeed has eczema, so we loaded up on lotions and oils for her. I really liked the doctor, hoping we don't have to see her often, but definitely comforting to know we now have a doctor. Doctor offices are different here than in the states- at least at the clinic we went to. There is not a nurse who sees you first- you only see the doctor. Which is nice, since you know when the doctor comes to see you, you get to see the doctor right away, versus back in MN when they call you back and then you wait forever for the doctor. At this clinic, there are two doctors, so basically just two rooms- the rooms are much bigger. They have a large waiting room with tons of toys- which of course I worry about germs!! Hand sanitizer is not used often here and never out in the public for people to use- it is very costly, about $8 for a small bottle. I will definitely be stocking up in December-
I can't believe it is already November- time has flown by. We just marked three months here, which we were told would be the hardest, and I am happy to report we are all still very happy, maybe not healthy at the moment, but happy!
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