Flynn´s Birthday!

 

Our beautiful boy turned six on November 20th!

 

 

 

Here he proudly shows us his two grown-up lower middle teeth

 

 

 

 

The morning started with present-opening of course

 

Flynn was a very happy chappy and loved all his presents and cards!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

"Hey Benjy, have you seen my remote control?"

 

 

 

 

Then time for cake no.1

This one was a lemon-coconut cream cake, with macaroons on top!

 

 

Then he had kindy in the morning (with chocolate cupcakes) and in the afternoon I took him to a children´s theatre production of Cinderella. He loved it and after it was over asked, "when do I get to do that?" (ie the acting)

 

 

Then at the end of the week, was his party at Nepomuks Kinderwelt, an indoor adventure/play centre.

 

 

 

Blake´s favourite way to relax and unwind in the weekend

Lunch was the typically well-balanced nutritional fare of kids´ menus, but the kids loved it

 



 

Followed by some ferocious fun

 



Mum refuses to be beaten, even by a three-year-old

 





Dad breaks free of the peloton and soars to victory. Flynn never doubted they would win



 

 

Multi-talented sports fiends try their hand at Formula One

 

 

Jumping for joy!

 

 

 

 

And now time for cake.

 

 

 

 

 

Ready....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set...

 

Blow!!!!!

 

 

 

Despite being in the middle of a desperately busy week (the week we moved house) we really enjoyed our week of Flynn Festivities and we love our beautiful big six-year-old birthday boy!

 

 

 

Autum Fair



I often rave about the fairs here - they are highlights of the season for us all! This autumn has been absolutely beautiful, with warmer-than-usual temperatures and the last few weeks have seen many blue-sky, sunshiny days (though now the temperatures are more like -1).


The week of the Autumn Fair was warm! Last year we were wrapped up in thick coats, hats and gloves. This year was too warm for coats.


We started out with some pony rides. Benjy was a little tentative at first...

 

 

 

 

But it wasn't too long before he was yeeeeharring and doing cowboy stunts

 

 

 

 

Flynn took it easy, having been there, done that



"Hey mum, what's that?"

 



 

 

Soon they were all in a flying-pumpkin-thing

 

 

Our friends, Charlotte and Dietrich were staying for the weekend, so it was a fun outing for us all!

 

 

Plenty of car rides for the boys

 

 

And beautiful stalls selling high-quality, highly-priced, handmade wares.

 

And of course, plenty of food stalls to complete the enjoyment, aye Flynn.

 

Halloween

 

This Halloween we went trick or treating with friends who live in an Expat community. I have never seen anything like it - there were droves of kids and every household participating!

 

The traditional Swiss areas, like ours, are not so enthusiastic!

 

 

The boys start practising their scary faces

 

 

 

Benjy perfects a devilish cape-swish

Then time for Makeup

 



"Hold on, isn't make up just for girls?"

 



 

"Well as long as you're sure it makes me look manly"



 

 

 

Benjy needs no persuading to get his `walking-dead` face on