We dragged the kids back around to do some returns and reshuffling of things we'd bought on Friday--oh yeah, on
Friday, Kim took us to the Bear Pits and then shopping in Bern. It was freezing cold and Siena was not feeling so great, I don't think, but they liked the cartoons at H&M (of course).
We found some great sales for the kids at H&M -- snow pants for Siena for next year--$12; fleece-lined tennis shoes for Remy--$4, etc. Conrad even bought some clothes! Now that's news. Kim also took us to this fun shop that has t-shirts in Swiss German, so I got one (chosen because of the colors and the use of umlauts in the word--the saying is not so nice, something like "person who is picky about everything") and the kids got one each--Luusbueb and Luusmuetli (silly boy and silly girl). That night, we went to Heidi and Markus' for dinner--it was great to see their new apartment. It's beautiful--wood floors throughout, a gorgeous view of Bern. The kids immediately plowed through Globis and Tin Tins! Heidi had the table set beautifully, of course, and we started with a wonderful pumpkin soup. I'll have to get her recipe for Thanksgiving next year--it was much better than mine :) After another yummy meal, Dani played piano for us and we chatted...
So back to Saturday. We got out of the house so Aschi/Kaioa could sleep. We needed to exchange some of the things we'd gotten yesterday and then ran a few other errands. Oh, and we hit IKEA, where they were having a *fabuloso* sale (like 4' high candle holders for a franc--about 75 cents!! And wrapping paper, and candelabras, and so on...) We had a blast and bought a whole cartful of things for 50 francs--now that's fun!
When we came home in the late afternoon, Siena was crying with hurting ears and had a 101 fever--and Heidi/Markus were on their way to babysit for the night so we could all go out. And what to do. Siena was miserable and begging for me....we called H and M and asked them to stop and get some medicine for her and they came on over. H convinced me that they were just fine with us going and that Siena would be fine; by the time they arrived she'd fallen asleep. So, feeling a bit negligent, we went off for pizza and a hockey game. The kids had a ball with H and M--they are amazing babysitters. All the kids were asleep and even on time. I guess Markus fell asleep too :) Heidi has the magic touch--she's like a Deborah. It's amazing to have these extra grandmas in our kids' lives.
The hockey game (match?) was super fun--tons of shouting fans and feisty Swiss smoking in spite of the "nicht raucher" announcements. Gotta love that spirit. "Our" team won and it was more interesting than I'd expected!
Sunday the 6th: We had a nice meeting and then were off for...Disneyland Paris!! We were pretty excited to do this--it was a splurge but fun. It's about a 5-6 hour trip, and we had borrowed Heidi and Ralph's 8-person van which was really nice. We made it several hours before a stop at an AutoGrill for a late lunch/early dinner, and then it was on to our hotel. We dashed in and discovered that a shuttle bus left in 8 minutes--so we were out the door again. That night we enjoyed a light show on the castle ("Look, mom! Tinkerbell!") and a princess parade--it was beautiful at night and really fun to experience with the kids (oh, and Siena's ear was dripping this whole time. Hmm.)
Above: Siena believes, furiously, in the princesses. Now this was adorable.
Peter Pan for the Peter Pan boy.
We collapsed back at our hotel at 9 or so, kids and us, ready to get charged up for our full D-land day on Monday.
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