Nonno and Marilyn came to visit

Something very exciting happened at our house just before Easter - Nonno and Marilyn came to visit, all the way from Australia. We did heaps of cool stuff together, so I wanted to show you a few pictures. This first one is from Lucerne. We went there the day after they arrived, and I wasn't quite sure about them then (it had been a long time since I saw them!) so you might notice that I'm not quite standing with them in this one. Mama had to do some trick photography to make it look like I was!


I am proud of this photo though, because I took it! Here are Nonno and Marilyn near the pool at the hotel we stayed at in Lugano. I loved this hotel because it was pink and because it had a pool. I told Mama that I didn't want to go back to Basel and that I wanted to go to this hotel for my birthday.

We had a great time in Lugano, especially because I turned every little step or paving pattern or fence or rail into something to play with or something to make a game out of. Here I am doing wheeeeeees down the stairs. Speaking of wheeeeees, they speak Italian in Lugano, so Nonno taught me a few words. One day we were on the funicular coming down a very steep hill and I asked "how do you say 'wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee' in Italian?!?"

I loved stopping for coffee with my Nonno. He would ask the waitress to make a babycino especially for me, and even explain how to make it, because they don't normally have them here.


Marilyn came to watch my ballet lesson and she took this photo for me. Now you can see me in action!

Before Nonno came, I told him on the phone that I wanted to plant tomatoes and flowers with him. We spent ages looking for tomato plants, but then we found out it was too early to plant them here. Amazingly, just before Nonno was about to leave, we found some! Nonno did a very good job of planting them in pots on the roof. Of course I was a big help too.

Now we just have to make sure that they keep growing! I will keep you posted!

Carolyn came to visit too!

I was one lucky Yassie because the day after Nonno and Marilyn left, Carolyn and Dörte came to visit for the weekend. Carolyn and I had so much fun together, catching up on old times and playing our old games and some new ones too. Here we are both wearing our Australian t-shirts and getting the most out of our squeezy fruits. I loved having Carolyn to stay and I told my Mama that I wished I was sisters with Carolyn.

It was a bit sad to say goodbye again but we will see each other soon. Here we are at the train station, where I am teaching Carolyn my tricks of making games out of whatever we find on the ground.

Hanging out

Hello again. Time has been going very fast and I just realised it is April and I haven't told you any news. I am just about to go on kindy holidays again so I better tell you what has been happening in the meantime.

In this photo I am all dressed ready to go see a play of Pippi Longstocking. I tried to dress like Pippi and I think it worked, because when we went lots of kids were staring at me and pointing and saying "There's Pippi!" I liked that.

A funny story about this photo is that the day we took it, we were all ready to go see the show, actually we went all the way to the theatre, but when we got there, Mama realised she had the day wrong! Sometimes she is pretty silly. But I didn't get too upset. Especially when I got an icecream to make up for it.

So the next Saturday we went again and this time it was really on. My Aunty Fuzzy (Connie) was in town visiting us and she came too. But I think I saw her sleeping during it, so I'm not sure how much she liked it! I loved it. It was a little bit hard to understand, because it was in Swiss German. The songs were in the German I know though, and they were great.

I had lots of fun with Aunty Fuzzy while she was here, and I was sad about her having to go home. Luckily my Dada came home from a week in Hong Kong that day, and he brought some really good presents with him, so I wasn't sad for too long!

Other than that, I have been getting excited about Easter. We have been doing lots of fun Easter things at my Kinderhaus and at home Mama and I have been colouring and decorating eggs. Here is a photo of some of our Easter decorations at home. I took it all by myself.

So, I will write more soon about my holidays but for now...Happy Easter!

So sleepy

Here's a funny photo for you to see. Last night Mama came in to my room quite late and this is how she found me - still sleeping! Now that I look at it, it doesn't seem very comfy, but I didn't mind at the time.