Packing up

Posted by Clayton & Company at 1:16 PM

Monday, August 30, 2010

Once again, we watched as the moving company packed up our entire house. It was crazy as the kids were finishing their last days at school, I was trying to sell our Swiss appliances, visiting my OB to get a written permission slip to fly, showing the house to potential renters and tying up any other loose ends.


They packed a lot differently in Switzerland...
...with lots of bubble wrap! You can see the enormous roll of it in this picture.
Instead of carrying everything down multiple flights of stairs they got creative. They handed it over the second floor balcony to the waiting men outside in the backyard.
They were also creative with boxes. You can see that they used boxes and tapes to "wrap" up our kitchen table and chairs.
The kids didn't seem to mind. When they came home from school it was lunchtime as usual.
And no I don't always serve froot loops for lunch...only on special occasions.
Here is the gigantic truck that pulled in ready for all of our things
There was barely enough room to fit our van. 4 inches to be exact.

Chez Clayton

Posted by Clayton & Company at 9:21 AM

Before the movers came and started emptying the house, I went around and took some pictures. This post is mostly just for me so that I can remember our house in Switzerland.

Front door/Family room
Family room/view of backyard
Looking from Family room to Dining room
Dining Room
Kitchen
Upstairs hall (Alex's room on left, master straight ahead)
Master bedroom

Master bathroom

Alex's room

Henry's room
View from balcony into backyard
Upstairs bathroom

Attic/Playroom/Ruby's room

Going Away Party

Posted by Clayton & Company at 8:38 AM

On one of our last days in Switzerland, my good friend Toni (her son Ethan is Alex's best friend) had a party for Alex and Ruby. She decorated with red, white and blue and made some amazing cupcakes (see below). She had each of the kids make a card and then took lots of pictures. The next day she had all of it put together in an amazing book that the kids loved. It was a lot of fun mixed with sadness...we were really closing in on the end of our Swiss experience.

Alex, Ruby and their friends from school
Cupcakes with Swiss and American flags
Ethan and Alex
Elliott and Alex
Basile and Alex
Manon and Ruby
Ruby, Elie and Carolina
Henry and Todd