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In Geneva, learning how to be a 'Desperate Swisswife'...
Welcome to our blog!
5 things you didn´t know about us...
- 1.) Grandad Gaskell (Tom) was born and raised in Zimbabwe. One day when it´s safe, Maria´s going there... **********************
- 2.) Maria´s favourite snacks are cheese and chocolate - watch her balloon in Switzerland!' **********************
- 3.)Grandpa Fred has a plaque dedicated to him on the wall of Leicester City Football stadium. **********************
- 4.)Freyja has the same Chinese zodiac sign as Maria´s mum did - the earth tiger. There were only two last century! (1938 and 1998) **********************
- 5.) Thomas and Maria are both born in the year of the horse. But whilst Thomas is set to become a fine young stallion, Maria´s just an old nag...
Something else to think about...
- "When the missionaries came to Africa they had the bible and we had the land. They said 'let us pray', we closed our eyes and when we opened them, they had the land and we had the bible!" Desmond Tutu
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Golden Nuggets
- November 14th 2008: So today the school called me in about Thomas. His teacher is having problems getting through to him. ´He seems to think he´s Harry Potter´she said. Thomas studied her for a while and then said ´No, he´s a character played by Daniel Radcliffe´.
- November 11th 2008: Thomas was complaining about school being boring today, especially maths. At the moment he thinks he is Harry Potter so I asked him if he thought he´d be more interested if for example they had to do sums with a box full of golden snitches instead of numbers written on a page. ´No point´he said. ´The answer would always be zero cuz as soon as you open the box they all fly out.´
- October 11th 2008: Made sushi for tea and also put out some prawn crackers that needed finishing - having mixed Japanese and Chinese food together, I asked the kids if they could spot the mistake at the table. Freyja said ´Thomas´. Ouch!
- October 10th 2008: Today Thomas asked me if he could have a glass of water, a piece of cardboard and some baking powder, as he needed to make a trombone...
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Meheh!
SKo engin jólakort tilbúin einusinni hérna í firðinum fagra hjá mér - búið að vera brjálað haust og enginn tími fyrir að vera einusinni til. Djö! ertu dugleg giiiiiirl!En ég er samt búin að vera rosadugleg að mála - Sigga líka - þetta er soldið smitandi skomm! - mála veggi og kommóður ogsolleis!
Erum að byrja í jólavinaleiknum hér í skólanum - hriiikalega spennandi!!
Gaman að fá smá fréttir af þér.!
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