Today I caught Stefan kissing Petra (short for 'Petra the Snake') and managed to take the picture below as well as put a stop to things going any further:
I must say I'm impressed with his technique when it comes to locking lips, though I hope he'll also add a more tender and less sucking way of kissing to his repertoire in the future. Obviously, as a mother, I'm not looking forward to him kissing anyone on a more serious level when that time comes.
One of my colleagues has apparently stuck a picture of Stefan on my monitor at work, which I think is absolutely lovely! (Thanks, Jess!) I've confirmed that I'll be coming back in January working three days a week and we've found a Kinderkrippe (combined kindergarden and nursery) for Stefan and he'll start in January as well - which is rather convenient. The name of the Kinderkrippe is 'Sonnenhaus' (sun house) and it's a ten minutes' walk from here so pretty close. The manager is from Brazil and speaks Portuguese and Swiss German, two languages which neither Paul nor I master completely, or at all'ly. But she spoke slowly when we had our tour of the facilities and the confirmation letter we received was all in High-German and covered everything (I thought - rightly) that we'd discussed, hence the language barrier is luckily quite low here. I know some of her staff speak English so we'll be fine. Stefan met the person who'll be in charge of the smallest people (under 18 months) and because he smiled at her and didn't start screaming hysterically, I felt confident that we've made the right choice. (Ideally, I would like to have seen a couple of hours' CCTV footage of a normal day in the Krippe, to make absolutely sure the staff are on their toes at all times - particularly since we don't know anyone around here who can recommend a place to us. And I also think Stefan should have preferential treatment.)
Stefan is now officially Danish. His passport arrived earlier this week, so we can now cross the Swiss borders with him. His first trip abroad is likely to go to Austria, where Paul has some friends who have invited us over to visit them.
I'll leave you with a 'selfie' of Stefan and me taken in a lift.
Lots of love,
Karen x
What a sweetheart! And you look gorgeous as well!
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