Daily life in Switzerland 🇨🇭 | Mom of 2 kids | A day in my life in Switzerland

Hi everyone! I'm a mom of two living in Switzerland and on this channel I'm sharing what daily life is like for our family here. My daughter just started her very first year of school here. She has to leave home around 8 a.m which means before then I have to prepare breakfast and pack her Znouni box. If you're new to Swiss culture Znouni is a traditional mid-morning snack that My daughter actually walks to school all by herself. Also she used to go to kindergarten alone when she was five. In Switzerland kids start kindergarten around age four and by four it's completely normal for them to make the walk on their own. It teaches them to be independent, confident from a very young age and of course the incredible safety here in Switzerland makes it possible for parents to feel completely comfortable letting them go. The thing I love most about living here is the nature. We've lived here for seven years but every time I look outside I'm still amazed by how pretty it is. My son goes to daycare three days a week. Daycare here costs a lot of money but since I don't work three days is plenty. Today I need to pop into the toy store to get a birthday present for my daughter then I will head to the grocery store and do some shopping. My husband usually leaves home around 10 a.m so we normally have breakfast together before he leaves. I really enjoy making a nice breakfast when I have the time. It's kind of my little morning ritual and it's how I like to start my day. And I just remembered that today I also need to change the curtains in my daughter's room. I ordered them such a long time ago so if I don't hang them today I probably won't get a chance to do it once the kids are home. By the way this is our first apartment in Switzerland and we've been renting it for seven years now. Honestly it's really hard to find a new apartment here. We've been wanting to move to another place but so far we haven't had any luck. I really love using reusable shopping bags. I would love to buy more but unfortunately I just don't have enough space for them. We live in quite an old building so there is no elevator. Sometimes it's really hard for me to carry all the grocery bags up to the second floor and on top of that we live on a hill. But thank God I got my driving license a year ago. So finally I bought a present for my daughter. She's really into handshakes now. We're going to celebrate her birthday outside with her friends so I also need to buy some snacks for the table. And of course all we know that Switzerland is very expensive. Grocery shopping can definitely be a little painful sometimes but honestly the quality of the food there is so good. Everything is fresh and the quality is amazing so I guess it makes it a little easier to accept the prices. I got home and it was time for lunch. I don't really eat much when I'm alone. If I have leftovers in the fridge I usually just eat those instead of cooking something new. On weekends we usually like to eat out as a family. For the four of us we spent around 100 Swiss francs. Do you think that's really expensive? Let me know what you think. And my husband and I have this little tradition. Every Saturday evening we order food and have a little date night at home. It's kind of our way of having a date without actually going anywhere. We don't have any relatives or grandparents nearby who could help us from time to time and honestly that's one of the hardest parts of living abroad for us. I honestly can't imagine how families manage when both parents work and the kids have school activities and different classes. Even if the kids go to an international school it doesn't really make your responsibilities at home disappear. There are still so many things to organize and take care of. So I really respect working parents who manage to balance work, kids and the household all together. My daughter came back from school. Today she had afternoon classes so she got home around 4 p.m. Every two weeks they go to a swimming pool and when she was in kindergarten they used to go to the forest every Friday. She would always come home with really dirty clothes but honestly we didn't mind at all. We were just happy that she had such a good time. We actually really loved this part. One thing I really love about Switzerland is how much they encourage kids to spend time outdoors and connect with nature. I think it's such a beautiful part of growing up here. I pick up my son from child care around 5 p.m. and then we have dinner together. Kids usually go to bed around 9 p.m. and that's pretty much how our day goes. Thank you so much for watching this video until the end. I hope you enjoyed it. If you would like to see more videos about our life in Switzerland don't forget to subscribe to my channel and give this video a like. It really helps my channel grow. Bye and see you in my next video!