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Posted by Brandy on September 14, 2012

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And so it begins ....

The GREAT PURGE has started ... our first bagster ordered, filled, and removed. Bets on how many more we fill before our move is complete?

We are in Switzerland! We have wifi (and VPN)! Life is good!
Before we jump into telling you all about the joys and challenges of living abroad, it's worth documenting the trip to get here. We left on Friday, June 3rd. The kids did the morning at school and we picked everyone up after lunch and headed straight for the airport. With 10 suitcases and 2 car seats to check, as well as 5 backpacks and 2 strollers to carry on the plane we were looking to simpify the MSP check-in process. Unfortunately we were not able to curb side check our bags so we had to drive to the rental car return and then make the trek from there to Terminal 1. Will and I both carried a car seat and backpack and each pushed a luggage trolley while holding a kid's hand.

Check-in did not go as planned. Apparently when an entire family has 1-way tickets and an extreme amount of luggage they start to ask a lot of questions. I had to show proof of my Expat assignment (luckily I had printed my work co…

Week 4: Our Misadventures

Will wanted to call this post "The Struggle Is Real..."
While we are settling in well, there is still an incredible amount of work that goes into everyday life. We are able to keep our sense of humor (most of the time) but I thought I'd share a few of our mishaps over the last weeks.

Last Monday, I just finished bathing the kids when A wanted to go down and tell Will something. We have what we affectionately call "the stairs of death" and have asked all the kids to go down them backward, crawling as they go down the stairs. A was doing this and his hand just slipped and he fell and hit his head right on the edge of the step then he started to roll. Luckily Will was coming around the stairs and caught him. We didn't know where to go so I called the ambulance number (similar to 911) and they sent paramedics. They were super nice and spoke good English. By that point we had gotten the bleeding to stop and after checking his vitals they said we could dr…

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