An upward swing

So things have definitely improved since the mid-week hurdle - thanks everyone for your prayers and nice thoughts and comments! :)
Lia still cried a bit, going to Kindergarten the next two days, but stayed and had a great time. Friday evening was a social time at the Kindergarten, for families to hang out and have pizza and talk. So that was good for her, I think. Our neighbours came over after their kids were down, and we had tea and looked at both of our wedding photos. Great conversation and fun times had by all.
This morning we went to a nearby town - kind of a town within a town, and found a good spot to visit when people come to visit us -- nudge-nudge, wink-wink -- and had a delicious lunch of savoury pancakes. Even Lia ate well!
After dinner (Marc cooked, and it was very 'lecker'), we went on another walk in the woods near our house. It's HUGE - I had no idea. There are amazing animals (wild boar, deer with antlers, and goats), holly growing everywhere, and huge trees (which one might expect to find in a forest...). It was all very beautiful, with the setting sun shining through the leaves and lighting up the ferns under the deer's feet. Food for the soul.
Tomorrow we're doing church and our first outing sans children: a football game with our neighbours. Yippee!