It turns out, I cannot start typing a post and save it and expect it to come back up next time...now what was I saying...Okay. So yesterday was Kenny's first day of school- turned out to be welcome to school, paperwork, and here is the city kind of stuff.  This was the first day both of left the house without each other. He all by his lonesome, and me with a baby strapped to my chest and pushing a double stroller.  I'm not really complaining. I knew that is how it would be. But you get enough looks that say "are you crazy, woman?" and you start to think "maybe."  But I had to meet the school's secretary because she was going to go with us to the city registration building and use her Swiss-German speaking magic to complete our visas.
    When we finally applied for our (the kids and mine) visas back in Chicago one month before our flight here, we were told it would be 8 to 10 weeks before the Swiss Consulate in Chicago heard back as whether our visas would be approved or not. Nicole (the secretary) was able to contact the right office here in Switzerland and expedite our visas. So I'm a big fan of hers.
   I was also able to get a monthly bus pass (thanks again to Nicole) so I can stop feeling guilty about hitching rides on the bus without a ticket.  Yes, I could have bought tickets, but no one ever checked and I didn't really understand the ticket buying rules, and we always were going rather short distances, and stop giving me a guilt trip about this already.  You know how sometimes there are rules that everybody breaks and never get caught- it seems like I'm the one who always gets caught. So I every time I rode (which really wasn't that often) I was sure I was going to get caught, but I never did and now I have a pass.
  Great discovery for yesterday: there's a bakery and little grocery store, and fast food type restaurant really close to our flat!  We always turn left off of our street to go to town and this little shopping area is to the right and over a little hill. 
  So speaking of going out on my own with the kids, I did it again today.  This time without a stroller!  I took all 3 kids grocery shopping. I know!  We rode the bus down, we shopped, and we rode the bus back up. That makes it sound so easy. It wasn't. But for the most part I got cooperation. With the help of a pacifier for Jo and lots of food bribes.  I appreciate the lifestyle where the stores close at 5, but it is really inconvenient! I don't mind hauling groceries on the bus and I can survive 3 kids in a busy grocery store with people that seem very rude (not a lot of "excuse me's" or "let me get out of your way" or "please, go ahead") but both together are HARD! I've had 2 neighbors now offer me the use of their car in some fashion for groceries, but I have yet to figure out how to take advantage of that.
Great discovery for today: I spoke with our neighbor and she told me about a playgroup (kind of like pre school, but they just play, I think) that meets nearby and she is calling the director for me to find out more info!
Other great discovery for today: It is possible, but time consuming, to do laundry in our shower. (we do not have a tub). Also, it only costs 2 CHF to wash a load on the "express" setting- 20 minutes.
Okay this is long enough.  One of these days I won't have so much to say!  This needs pictures, but I'm being bugged for food, so later.