Theatre Spektakel

The annual Zurich Theatre Spektakel is on at the moment, which although we don't see the regular shows (mix of theatre, music and circus) there is always plenty of free street performances to see, which are excellent. I took the kids over to the lakeside venue by boat (only 10 mins) this afternoon, and papa joined us later. The kids had balloon animals made, and Bea requested a flying dinosaur, and that's what he got! We spent quite some hours watching the performances on Central stage (sorry, forgot to take pics!) before heading home again on the boat.

First week of school

Bea seemed to settle into his new school routine this week. New school music lessons on a Wednesday and weekly swimming classes on a Friday, along with the regular reading/writing/maths lessons throughout the week. He did make us laugh this week as the children go outside to eat their morning snack and play, and on Tuesday Bea was quite tired so he lay down on a bench, obviously for too long, as when he got up there was nobody in sight. Luckily he saw his old Kindergarten teacher in the playground and she explained the bell to him! Perhaps in such deep thought he didn't hear the bell ringing them back in! 

Finders keepers

I just like these pictures of Bea wearing a hat that he dug out of a skip this week.

X-ray

A trip to the hospital for Ili to see the specialist today, as when she was two-years-old the doctor noticed a dip in her growth rate. If you ask me, the nurse just didn't measure her properly one time! Anyhow, as we thought, this follow up check suggested all is fine. She had an x-ray — Bea enjoyed the x-ray room — just to check her "bone age" as some children just start developing later than others, but then continue growing longer, so the doc told me. He also astutely noticed (a very nice Professor.) that Bea had only one tooth through which is late for his age (he friends have many), and he suggested they are both likely to simply be "late bloomers".

Bea's first day of school!