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John is home - hurrah! And he's bought me back 'something Aussie' - in fact several things.

Made me smile when he arrived back ahead of time and brought me a cup of tea in bed. Followed by Isaac who had made the cup of tea!

The boys were given koala bears and boomerangs. Lots of smiles this afternoon as they tried them out in the Country Valley Park. Initial efforts weren't overly impressive but they got the hang of it. And then Jude threw hos boomerang into a tree surrounded by dense undergrowth and stinging nettles. 30 minutes of searching armed with my crutches as beating sticks and boomerang was finally found. 

And that made us all smile! Lots! 

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Isaac's turbo is finally up and running. The boys had great fun, especially Isaac.

The 12 days of Christmas is back! Day 1 saw us playing a board game. We failed to catch Mister X (Isaac) -  but it was very close!

Boxing Day saw plenty of reading, a new pair of boots and some funky tights, and a run in the sunshine. Lots of smiles there!

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Champagne at Mövenpick Wein Bar in Zürich with lisa Miranda and Yvette - 35CHF for champagne all evening and we certainly had our money's worth. Not sure where the time went as we arrived at 7 and we only left because they were shutting! We laughed a lot and plans are afoot to move ISW PA meetings to 'Champagne Night' in Zürich ;)

And an afternoon of crazy golf with the boys. Glorious sunshine and lots of fun navigating tunnels, humps, water features and zoo animals. Jude enjoyed sitting on various of the latter!

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We went to lunch at the home of a family from church today. A wonderful Malaysian meal followed by three puddings interspersed with games and songs. Great fun. Here are the boys playing Scotland Yard, a board game in which you chase the thief around London. A new one on me - think we may have to invest in a set (and there's an app!)

Then it was back for more 'fun' as tonight is "Guggenmusik" night in Winterthur in celebration of Fasnacht. Lots of brass bands dressed up on weird abc wonderful costumes, parading through the streets playing popular tunes in a slightly discordant way! Hard to take pictures as it was dark!
More tomorrow and Monday as the parades continue. So glad to be here this year - I missed it all last year as I was in the UK!

Other things that made me smile today
Watching the last episode of Børgen (recorded two weeks ago and John and I are finally both in the same place with a TV at the same time to watch it!).
Scrambled eggs on toast.
Listening to Arthur play the trumpet he'd made when he was a blacksmith, and watching Jude have a go too!

Smile in other languages
In Korean - 미소

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A bundle more smiles today after not much sleep. Once more, edited highlights as I lost count of the smiles! But I have to say thank you to everyone today who kept me going when I was losing my smile. You are the best x

My #ililc3/MFLTwitterati friends have all been donating the Horlicks that was in their rooms at the Highfield House Hotel to the 'Lisibo needs Horlicks as she can't buy it in Switzerland' appeal. And the lovely @crepeaunutella, who frankly has better things to do as she has a tiny baby, bought me a tub of the stuff. Thank you so much Isabelle xxx

Alex, Jackie and I won the Tarsia challenge - and promptly has to sing Sur le pont d'Avignon to signify we'd finished! Great activity!

At lunchtime, in need of a smile, I met Merlin - and his daddy, John. He has his own blog and belongs to Annalise who also made me smile when I needed it most by giving me some white chocolate buttons.

And arriving home after a 7 hour + journey made me smile a lot - John has made me a drink and run the bath :o) No place like home!
Here's my boy with an interesting icicle.

Smiles in other languages

In Latin - risio