The end of the school year is finally upon us here in Belgium and all of the farewell festivities have commenced! The festivities not only celebrate the end of the school year and beginning of summer, but also signal a farewell to some fellow expat families that are moving on to different assignments.
This past Wednesday, PS' school hosted an International Fair. And although I have over-extended myself with room parent duties this year at ISB (DS' school), I did manage to volunteer as the event photographer for the fair. And, coincidentally, there does seem to be alot of pictures with PS in them...!!!
PS getting her "passport"
The children had a great time visiting each "country", while participating in the crafts, activities and food-tasting of the different locales they visited. They even got passports that were stamped from each country they visited!
Visiting "France"
Unfortunately, since ALL of the girls' kimonos were sent to storage prior to our move, we dressed PS in Aloha attire (after all, half of her roots are from Hawaii...) It actually worked out well, since it turned out to be a very warm day (actually hot for Belgium) and aloha attire was the way to go. And, of course, PS was simply adorable!
Sampling a taste of Germany
Showing off during the "chopstick" skills competition
On Thursday afternoon, there was a BBQ hosted by the Family Association of the International School of Brussels (DS' school). Daddy stopped by after work to take DS to the BBQ and bring her home afterwards.
And on Friday, the kindergarten classes at ISB had their year-end picnic where all the families were invited to partake in food (potluck style), face-painting, and an endless array of picnic games!!
Relieved that my duties as room parent are now officially over (yeah!!), we began a relaxing weekend with a wonderful Friday evening at Iza and Zbig's house, where we enjoyed another BBQ of great food, drinks (a little too many!) and great company.
Saturday morning brought an early Father's Day celebration at the house! The girls hand made some gifts for daddy to let him know how much they appreciate him. One of the gifts were "coupons" redeemable for things like "an hour of quiet time" or "1 afternoon nap for daddy". This gift was especially appreciated...
The fun continued on Saturday afternoon with LD's birthday party at Tor and Dirk's house (Tori, of Tori's Turtles fame!).
Beating on the pinata at LD's party
And, in the early evening, it was time to celebrate DW's birthday at Mike and Dena's new home. They are new expats here from Texas, so it was a nice evening of meeting new friends and trading stories of "life in Belgium"...
Making s'mores at DW's party
Finally, on Sunday, friends David, Karen and DN arrived to visit us in Belgium and to join us on our Greek island cruise next week.
We look forward to the summer holiday season here in Europe, but also are a bit saddened to know that this is probably our last summer here...
However, there is no time to to feel sad. We are too busy planning for our next adventure...
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