Christmas Morning - Bikes - Videos

Christmas Morning - Bikes

 The big gift from Santa this year was bikes for both girls!

I have some video, but having problems uploading it, so you'll have to check back later to see our first ride later that morning!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Nativity Play

We recently started attending a new church, and they asked Grace if she would like to be an Angel in the Christmas Nativity Play.  She really had no hesitation joining in!

It was a cute play about the Christmas story, told from the perspective of the star.

Our Angel

A big hug from little sister.....the children who were not in the play were asked to come up and kneel before baby Jesus.  Audrey hugged an Angel instead, and then got shooed away by the Angel.... and proceeded to cry hysterically for the rest of the service.  Sigh.

Christmas Pictures

Christmas Party at the American Women's Club

We are very fortunate to have the American Women's Club of Belgium here.  The Mothers of Young Children group does a great job of making sure we're sharing American traditions with our children while we're abroad.  This year I helped plan the Christmas party, and it was a pretty big hit with the kiddos.

Waiting in line for 'Pin the nose on the Reindeer'

 Grace pinning her nose....

Sharing a story before Santa arrived

Santa's here.  It's always a chore to find someone to play Santa.   This year the costume was a little less then extraordinary, but the guy was AWESOME.  He made the kids feel so special.  And he was so jolly!

So jolly, that Miss Audrey decided she could tolerate sitting in his lap to get a present!!!

All smiles from Grace!

Grace's 2013 School Picture

I forgot to post this awhile ago.

Here is Grace's school picture from Pre-K.

So serious and grown up looking!!!

And here is her class.....

Her teacher is Ms. Michele on the right, and she is assisted by Miss Megan on the left.  Megan just graduated from Texas Tech and is an intern.  Ms. Michele has been teaching in International Schools for years, and is new this year at ISB.

There are only 4 Americans in Grace's class.  The rest come from all over the world....Sweden, Norway, Finland, Israel, Saudi Arabia, France, Belgium, Colombia, and several other places ....  Grace is really enjoying her class this year and we've been amazed at all the new things she is doing.

Making Gingerbread

Our first attempt at Gingerbread was a huge success!  The girls had fun cutting out and decorating!