Back to the Transport museum

Of course we had to take Pop-Pop to our new favorite place (move over Please Touch museum!) - the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, aka the Swiss Transportation Museum. Since the weather was nice today, we spent more time at the outdoor activities. The boys loved the construction area and couldn't wait to take Pop-Pop inside the big plane. Given how much work Dad has done with the aerospace and transportation industries, he may have been as excited as the kids :-)

Teamwork!

Getting the job done

On the hamster wheel

And my big milestone of the day...I got to go to the grocery store all by myself for the first time since we got to Switzerland!!! (Thanks, Dad!)

After getting the boys to bed, Dad and I enjoyed a nice night of cooking together, sharing a bottle of wine, and chatting...something we rarely get to do these days.

Meeting Ethan

Dave left a day early for the US so he could swing through VA to meet our nephew Ethan.  Needless to say, I'M JEALOUS!!!  :-)  What an adorable little guy!
   



 

Proud Pop

Sweet Baby toes

   

Family of Four

Big sis

   

Dad's here!

Pop-Pop (my dad) has arrived!!!  We are all so excited to see a face from home and for him to see our new house, new city, everything!  The boys literally flew into his arms when they saw him at the bahnhof.

Dad will be here for 10 days, acting as my saving grace with Dave leaving for the US tonight for the week and the boys being on holiday.  A busy day...we got Dad back to our house, dropped off his stuff, then headed off to an electronics store to buy a new TV and have lunch.  That got us back in time to get Dave turned around and off to the bahnhof for his train to the airport.

It was a beautiful day, so after some naps and quiet time, we packed the kids up and walked down to the Rathaus Brewerei down on the lake for some fantastic Wurst and Bier.

Weinfachmesse (aka Wine Festival)

Last night I went to my first Living in Lucerne event - the Luvina Weinfachmesse. It was a wine festival at the Schweizerhof Hotel, with about 30 wineries and over 1000 wines to try! We were first met by the president of Luvina, the local Luzern wine association, who explained a little about Luvina and the event. Then Living in Lucerne had arranged for English tasting sessions a few of the stations. The first had wines from multiple countries, and the second was all wines local to the Lucerne area. Definitely a fun night and a great chance to meet some more expats. And after two months of emails, I finally got to meet Joy, who runs Living in Lucerne!

At the end of the night I had another "I live in the city now" moment as I walked home from the event. Still getting used to the change :-)

Ethan Garrett Ege

We welcome to the world our nephew, Ethan Garrett Ege, born today.  We are so excited for Peter and April, and big sister Emilia, and can't wait to meet the newest member of our family!!!

Just hanging around

With Nathan in school full days, Alex, Matthew and I have a bunch of time just hanging around...especially on the rainy days!
   

   

Getting back in the groove

We're starting to settle in more to our life here in Luzern.  After two weeks, we have our internet up and going, our phones working (including still having a US phone number that rings here in Luzern - thank you, Vonage!), and we hosted our first dinner last night for another family who is also new to Luzern.  They are a Dutch family and they have a son in Nathan's kindergarten class and a daughter in Alex's preschool class (and another daughter in 3rd grade). We had a pizza and movie night for the kids and then we sat down to enjoy a fun dinner.  Definitely not like our nights with our old friends, but good to be starting to have those nights again.

Friday night we had a great night out!  The welcome committee for the boys' school hosted a Welcome dinner for the beginning of the school year, and Dave's assistant was nice enough to offer to watch the boys so we could both go.  After a rough departure (Nathan had a hard time with us leaving), we had a really fun night and enjoyed meeting a lot more people and learning more about the school, the Parents' Association, etc.  Who would have thought we'd have a night out so soon!?!?!

It POURED today!  There is a carnival going on in town that we were hoping to take the boys to, but instead Dave took the two big boys back to the Transportation Museum (they've asked EVERY day this week!) while Matthew napped and I did stuff around the house.