We made it back to St. Louis and started right back to the usual: projects at Alex’s house and hanging out with the fam.
August first is Swiss National Day, marking the date of the signing of the original Letter of Confederation in 1291, so we decided to do a few things to celebrate. We cut out paper shapes and glued them together to make Swiss flags. We talked about William Tell, but only for a moment. We also made chäschüechli (little cheese tarts made in yummy bread crusts) and a flourless chocolate cake (not strictly Swiss, but we had to have chocolate of some sort). Teddy liked filling the bread crusts with Grandpa.
We built new shelves in the pantry and laundry room and got things organized, which was so satisfying. We went to two different libraries, the farmers’ market, and to the Magic House (a delightful children’s museum in the city). We were also able to fit in some board games and a couple chances for the Mommy and Daddy to go on a date.
Our time here is coming to an end. It has been a treat to spend so much time with the grandkiddos and with Alex and Hanna. We’ve enjoyed seeing how the boys have grown since we were here at Christmas and they’ve grown up a bit just in these three week. Peter even started crawling while we were here.
Next stop: West Virginia and the other two grandkiddos!
