The Countdown

My last week before return to work the new nanny started to allow transition time. The nanny is called Pimpa and is half Swiss half Thai, and speaks French no English. She's worked the last 8 or so years in creches and is a qualified maternity/early years nurse so very well qualified. The week went very well considering the amount of time I've been at home. Bella only had one melt down when we were leaving one day. We tended to leave the house, as if we're there then Bella wants to be with us. So we had the opportunity to finish the purchases for the house as well as some leisure time. We bought about 20 light fittings and the garden furniture, Weber BBQ etc. Not having had a garden in recent times we didn't have anything. We installed some stuff on the small balcony outside the main room (the house in an upside down house with the living space upstairs and the bedrooms downstairs). The weather has been glorious so we took advantage with lots of outdoors activities. When we first arrived Bella would run inside screaming when she saw a fly, but she's quickly acclimatising.

It was Swiss Mother's Day on Sunday, so Bella made me a card (with Pimpa) and went shopping for some pressies with dad (having missed the UK one) which was nice. We went out to a big park with playgrounds, rope bridges, resturants and generally lots to do. Think this will become the equivalent of Parc d'Acclimatation in Paris.

So I went back to work. I started on a bank holiday week, to reduce the pain. The office is quiet as it's new (infact it's not finished yet, only 1 of the 4 floors is finished) and most people haven't elocated to Switzerland yet from their various countries. The week was pretty uneventful, but next week things should start to get busier as I get things handed back to me after my maternity leave. Malcolm took the opportunity, as he was still off for another week, to do some hiking. After a couple of hikes he got so excited he went and bought another back-pack child carrier so we can go on family hikes.... Eeeek I'd better be the one carrying Sebastian!