I came upstairs today to find Frunty with the phone, trying to dial a number. He told me that he was trying to phone Gramma and Grampa and that he missed them. I told him that we had to wait til later because they were sleeping. A couple of times during the day he told me that he missed them. Me too.

Luckily we got to talk to them later in the day and that cheered us up. And we are also getting busy with our trip coming up in a few days and needed to do a lot of errands. That helped get our minds focused on something fun! We are off to Zermatt on the weekend for a week of fun in the snow. So we needed snow boots, pants, gloves etc. I got some hiking boots as we plan to do some snowy hikes. Daddy will rent ski gear once there as he plans to enjoy a day of skiing. I told him that if the conditions are good, he should go again.

There are several toboggan runs in Zermatt. You take a train to a certain point and toboggan back to the village, taking about ten minutes. I love the Alps because there are all these little villages you can stop at while skiing and enjoy fondue or rosti on the way down. In North America, you tend to take a chair lift up and ski directly down with nothing along the way. Here you have the opportunity to stop and carry on after a nice, hot cup of Gluhwein. Okay...I am getting really excited.

The last time we were in Zermatt was when we lived in Lausanne, 1993-94. Now we are returning after all these years with our two boys. Who would have thought it?! When we were there last, it was also in January or perhaps early Feb., Daddy had planned a surprise weekend there and we ate shrimp on the train. Very romantic. We also saw a white Labrador in Zermatt with a big, pink bow and thought we might get a dog one day. We'll have to put our own dog in a pension here in Brussels as the trip is too far for him and he doesn't travel like he used to.

Well, Daddy will go shopping tomorrow for some last-minute gear. Then we'll leave Saturday. Will update when we return!