If you allow yourself to watch the news you can be quickly led to believe that the world is a bit of a shit show. On the screen it looks like everyone is out to get everyone else. Bombings, twitter, military coups, religion, and racism seem to feed this sense of doom and we wrap…
Tag: school
Secondaire
Secondary school is really happening. As Ellie continues her journey in the Belgian education system her next step is a ‘secondaire’ which will be 6 years of school and end in <gulp> graduation. Brussels faces a shortage of spots for students broadly and, therefore, the schools with the best reputation get a massive amount of…
Back To School Feast 2016!
Back to School Feast 2016 was a success! I would love to say something like I kept it simple this year but the reality is that these little celebrations have become an outlet for my creative energy and they sort of take on a life of their own. Hmmm..I can analyze that another time on…
La rentrée
2 kids…2 very different perspectives about going back to school. One painted her nails and curled her hair after orchestrating an intricate prep day to make sure each paper was in place. And skipping while she did so. One stopped breathing whenever we said the word school. We postponed the Back To School Feast in…
Daddying
Liam really hasn’t slept since we got home from the states. But the last few nights were ugly and full of tears and anxiety. I know it was anticipation of the school year started. He would have given anything to keep la rentrée at bay. He couldn’t though and today he started school with his…
Bienvenue l’été!
The school year is over! Officially over. Ready to catch my breath and take a break from harping about homework and stressing about exams. Yeah, I get that those shouldn’t be my stress, there is a weird tone to communication here that makes me constantly worried that we aren’t doing enough to help the kids….
Excited Energy at Home
The energy in our house is dynamic right now. It is guitars waiting by the front door waiting to be carried to shows and played. Kids’ gym bags that were carried home dirty and wrinkled after doing their job for the school year. Liam sat at breakfast yawning with exhaustion and then practically jumping off…