Come September....

Come September, we had permanent housing! A nice "Two under one roof" or duplex as we call it in the States. Three bedrooms, a bath and half and a yard a little bigger than the postage stamp yards that most people in Europe have. We were also very lucky that we had a "mud room" to put the fridge in and where the dogs could sleep warm at night AND a laundry room!!

Jeremy had his "summer break" from school and was now enrolled in a school for "international" students. Out of the 20 class hours a week, 16 hours were Dutch language. The other 4 were Math, Science, Biology, French, German and English. When he started correcting the English teacher he was told he could drop that class, after all...English was his first language!! I still havent figured out how they fit all the other subjects into those 4 hours a week. Not only did he get an education in a foreign language, he got a big culture lesson, not just because he lived in a foreign country but because he went to school with immigrant kids from ALL OVER. I would love to post his experiences but wont because they can be pretty "Politically incorrect". Nuff Said??

We were coming up on holidays that dont get celebrated here that we knew we would miss. Halloween, Thanksgiving......But little did we know, Halloween is not that popular but we could have fun with it and Oct 11 is "St. Martin" and the childeren make lanterns and go door to door, singing songs, recieving candy and treats just like we do for Halloween! It was so much fun. We had, however, already learned how birthday parties are held in Holland and Jeremy's was coming up in November.