Au Revoir (french); Tot ziens (flemish); Sayonara and Aloha L.A! ______________________________


Hi everyone!

As most of you know, Ray has accepted a 2-year assignment with Toyota's European Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. For those of you who do not know, Belgium is located next to France, Germany and the Netherlands. The home of NATO and the European Union, it is considered the "gateway to Europe" with its easy access to many European countries. (Hint, hint--good excuse to come and visit!)

Ray started his new position in February, 2008. The girls and I arrived here in late March. We are living just outside the city of Brussels in the commune of Tervuren, Belgium.

Although we are sad to temporarily leave our family and friends, we are excited for this adventure. What an opportunity to leave our tiny box and experience life outside of America!

Friday, September 12, 2008

First Day of School Arrives in Belgium

All good things must come to an end and so with that, our first summer in Europe has quickly come and gone.

And suddenly, it was time to send our little ones off to school: DS to kindergarten and PS to pre-school.

We have enrolled DS into the International School of Brussels (ISB), a private international school located about 8 miles away from our home. ISB has over 1,400 students from 62 countries. Besides the normal kindergarten curriculum, DS will be having French language training and art classes as well.




A big yellow bus comes to pick DS up every day at 7:50AM and brings her back home at 4:20PM. It was quite exciting to send her off on her very first day of school and we were so proud to hear that she really is enjoying this new experience.




Meanwile, PS is returning to the International Montessori School, in Tervuren. She attended this school shortly after arriving in Brussels last March and was quite excited to get back to school.


The Montessori school is in a smaller, more intimate classroom setting that focuses on personalized development of each child. We had heard many good things of this specialized method of education and we are glad to see PS also enjoying her experience here.


PS attends 5 days a week, but only 2 days are full days. And like DS, she is getting early training in the French language.

However, more importantly, we are excited that they are being exposed to such diversity in culture and people so early in life.

Our little girls are growing up fast... (sniff sniff)
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