Our kids had to stop at every playground and didn't totally appreciate the beauty of Switzerland, but it helped that we seemed to find a playground everywhere we went. This slide is in Gimmelwald, a completely non-touristy town where we saw a man cutting hay with a scythe (I may have that totally wrong, but it was some sort of old-fashioned tool). I wanted to take a picture of him, but Allen told me it would be rude.
We didn't quite get the best view with this shot since we just used the automatic timer, but at least we are all in the picture.
View from Gimmelwald overlook.
These are the biggest cow bells I have ever seen!
The ultimate concept of a green rooftop.
Jessenia the Flower Gardener!
Jessenia was a citizen of Riverdom. Notice that the pea is a person.
Kayla was a dust bunny
Kayla and Jessenia were in a Missoula Children's Theatre production of The Princess and the Pea. It was a really cute and different version with two different kingdoms - Glacierdom and Riverdom. There was a prince in one kingdom and a princess and her pet pea in the other kingdom. The prince and his family invited the local princesses over for sherbet, but then they had to do a real princess test with the pea on the bottom of lots of quilts and mattresses. The dust bunnies came out from under the bed and did a little dance. The story teller was a leprechaun and he had 2 comic side kicks and both kingdoms kept having problems with Jack Frost freezing everything. It was a super cute play, the kids learned their parts in a week and it was even free!
