Our week in pics

A couple of other blogs I read periodically post their day/week/month in random pictures they've taken just living life. I like the idea and thought I might try it too. Here's my first go at it...

**As a disclaimer BK was out of town this week so he got lots of good morning and hello texts from Baby K and me. Although, who am I kidding? Most of my pics are of her now regardless :)

Quick and Healthy

After having a few days at home with just me and Baby K, I realized I really need to work on my eating. BK and I eat pretty healthy, and we eat out way less than we did in the US, but on any given day I often find myself scrounging around for food when I need to eat.

Most days I eat all three meals at home, getting out in the mornings and afternoons, sort of missing meal times out. And besides that, eating out in Switzerland is fairly expensive, especially considering I'm not interested in eating fast food. I typically default to some sort of green salad or fruit and hope that I have some rotisserie chicken in the fridge. There may also be cheese toast involved in most cases. Not bad, but gets boring after a while.

So at the end of this week, after I had recovered from our whirlwind two weeks with family, I set out on a mission to find some summer salad recipes that I could easily grab for a quick bite. I was thinking something like Central Market's to-go section where I could just dish up a couple of healthy bites.

Middle Eastern Veggie Salad

I tried three new recipes for this little endeavor: Middle Eastern Vegetable Salad; Pesto Pasta Salad with Roasted Asparagus, String Beans, Cherry Tomatoes and Olives; and Citrus Quinoa Salad.

Pesto Pasta Salad

The grocery trip seemed enormous, but Baby K and I made it home, stroller, rolly bag, and another grocery bag in hand. There wasn't really all that much cooking involved, more chopping lots of fruits and veggies. I somehow managed to get the most of it done in the time that Baby K took her nap from 3pm to 5pm, and before BK arrived home from the airport.

Citrus Quinoa Salad

Hopefully my adventures in cooking will pay off this week when Baby K and I are around the house. So far the Middle Eastern Veggie Salad is my favorite; it makes a great bruschetta as well. The Citrus Quinoa Salad is a little different, but something I'm willing to try, in hopes that it fills me up more than just a piece of fruit would. And I haven't actually tried the Pesto Pasta Salad yet, so hopefully it doesn't disappoint!

We're busy living life!

SO. FAR. BEHIND. Hmmm...will I ever finish a series of posts when a trip or event takes more than one post. I'm really not sure at this point. I'm also sure that you're all tired of me constantly talking about how far behind I am with posting on the blog. BK, Baby K and I are out living life, so I guess I'll just have to do what I can.

Being on the go wears her out too

Ok, enough about that. So much continues to happen in our lives- it seems (and feels) crazy sometimes. I just told BK the other day that right now it kind of feels like he and I are trying to prove to people that we can still jet around and travel like we used to before Baby K came along. Point made, yes we can do it. And honestly, it feels like we're doing more than we were before.

An evening at home and some family time on the play mat

I think I left off when TR, Baby K and I were in Paris. Where does the time go? I think I may have also mentioned that we did our first long weekend away as a family to Lugano- also successful. We seem to be toting Baby K around anywhere and everywhere possible. She either rolls along in the stroller or is strapped to one of us, always along for the ride.

Trekking around in Lugano

We went though a really hot spell in Basel the first week of June, which was pretty miserable. How quickly I let myself forget what it was like to have 95 degree temps outside with no AC! And I totally hadn't thought about how in the world I was going to keep Baby K cool during the summer. We did venture out to one of the public pools here in Basel with a friend, so that was a new experience. The water was really cold- Baby K screamed when I put her feet in- so we just splashed around a little bit. Also, apparently they don't sell tops or full swimsuits in Baby K's size- these bottoms were all I could come up with.

Ready for some sun!

Most recently BK's mom, sisters and niece have been visiting for the past two weeks. We made the most of the time and did A LOT. Their trip included Monaco, Nice, Eze, Basel, Luzern (we skipped this one), Paris, Black Forest and Basel again.  Whew! The trip also included delayed flights, missed connections, cancelled trains, bad hotel rooms and many other adventures in just getting around Europe. Baby K also had her first plane and car rides as well. Yes, she rode in a car for the first time at 12 weeks.

Our first flight- she had a baby seatbelt too

I figure I might as well end this blog like the others, with the hope that I'll return soon to tell you more about our trip to Lugano and all the adventures we had while family was visiting. We had tons of fun together. I am very thankful that they all got to come over, meet Baby K, experience a bit of our life, and see some new places together.

Visiting the Eiffel Tower- one of the many highlights

I have a few days of downtime before it's time to get out and go again. We'll see what happens!