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E’s Book Recommendations and Help for the Reluctant Reader
E loves to read and he has put together this list of his recommendations for his fellow 8-10 year-olds. He has read each of these books again and again. The Harry Potter and Percy Jackson series are his “go-to” reads when we ask him to bring a book along one one of our trips, but…
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Counting Down to the End of School
We have 7.5 days of school left here in Switzerland and the boys are counting down. I am counting down too, but instead of checking the calendar 18 times a day and jumping around the house shouting about how I’m almost free like they are I am coming up with strategies on how to save…
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The Swiss: Neutral but Prepared
I’ve said before that the Swiss may be neutral, but they are most definitely prepared. For example, all buildings built after 1945 (including our apartment) have nuclear fallout bomb shelters. It really all comes out of their World War II experience. This idea all came together for me during a tour of a glass-blowing factory…
Mindy Carlson 