Outnumbered!

From the moment we arrived, I have felt like we were on a vacation. Two parents, two kids all the time, it was great! Monday we had to do a bunch of registering and photo taking and finger printing which took some time and was a little hectic but was managable with the two of us.

Then Monday night rolled around and I coudn't sleep a wink, I tossed and turned wondering what Tuesday would bring with Kevin heading to work and me exploring the city with the kids all day.

Well, morning came as it always does and the kids and I set out to find a toy store. After spending a good part of the morning slightly lost, we picked up some sand toys and set out for Mon Repo which is a park that is really close to our perminant apartment downtown.

 We happened to walk by Kevin's office just as he and some colleages were coming back from lunch so we spent a little while checking out his office and introducing the kids around. I think this will be one of the perks to living so close to Kevin's work, it was such a treat for the kids to see him midday!

Anyway, the park was amazing and we spent HOURS there! After being a little nervous at the start, the kids settled right into their natural habitat...

Mon Repo has many neat places but the "bird zoo" portion of the place may be the coolest. There are two giant cages with all kinds of beautiful birds in them. They captivated the kids and Anna must have stood still by the cages for a good ten minutes, which is a lifetime for her! These birds are talkers and would cat-call the Swiss ladies as they walked by! So funny.

This park has the coolest art pieces scattered throughout it's grounds that kids can climb on, or in the case of our kids... jump off of. That reminds me, I keep meaning to look up the Swiss number for 911...

 When we first arrived there was a huge group of daycare children in the sand area, and at one point one of the teachers must have asked the kids to get ready for snack so all the kids washed their hands under the pump then got in two lines so the teachers could inspect their hands and give them their snack! It was amazing, everyone was so obedient!

These sand tables are everywhere and are so cool! Quinn had hours of enjoyment at this one while I sat on a bench and did a little people watching.

We finished up at the park just in time to walk past Kevin's office to meet up with him for the bus ride home!