A Day in the Life of Anna

This is what Anna is up to these days...following us around and discovering her world with her new mobility!

A Beautiful Day For The Park!

We had the most beautiful weather this weekend! It felt so good to spend time outside in the sunshine. We took a walk to a park and loved every minute of it!

 Yes, we are spoiled by such an amazing view!

A sweet little girl came and grabbed Gracie's hand to have her come play. And Gracie actually went with her! In the past Gracie just wants to watch the French-speaking kids play. She knows she can't communicate with them. Her little mind is processing so much right now.

I love these pictures because they show EXACTLY how their play time unfolded. Not a lot of interaction (or eye contact!), but hey it is progress!

And this is what our elevator ride looks like with our stroller. What you can't see is that our stroller takes up the whole elevator. It's tight, but we are so glad that it fits! We have seen a few double strollers here, but none that are side-by-side! We get lots of comments about our stroller when we are out.

Justin found some guys playing bagpipes in the park yesterday!

Current Favorites

Gracie's favorite book: Fancy Nancy (what you hear in the background of the video)
Anna's favorite word: dadadada
Anna's favorite activity: crawling

Riding to School

Our language school moved over the Christmas break, so now it's about a 15 minute bike ride one-way. Here are some pictures to help you visualize it a little better!

Our apartment building has a bike closet on the ground floor where tennants can keep their bikes. This makes it much easier than having to get the bike upstairs to our apartment!

 We rented this bike from the "Velostation" in town. All the bike rentals are this color of blue, so you know when you're with other students, as they tend to have these bikes too. Though probably not fashionable, they're very functional!

 The bike has a U-lock that mounts to the front wheel fork when you're not using it. Very convenient.

 The rear wheel has a lock, and the lock must be engaged to get the key out. When you ride around with the lock unlocked, the key stays in the lock. Makes losing the key difficult.

 This is a bike lane on one of the streets we ride on. Many streets have these dedicated bike lanes, and there are also numerous bike trails around too. But drivers here are used to bikes riding with traffic too.

 Here is a little bike signal at a stop light.

 This is a dedicated bike trail we ride on. Our bike has a little bell that we ring if people are walking and we need to pass them.

 We cross this street, then the bridge and we're out our school.

 It's a very modern looking building, very much different from the Chateau where the school used to be.

Another view of the bike!

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