Some things are the same everywhere, and one of those things is the magic and excitement that come with the first snowfall.... here in Brussels, it snowed on Friday night! A good few inches came down and, before it all melted away and turned into muck, it was quite pretty! Unfortunately, it also resulted in our trip to German Christmas markets being cancelled. Instead, Cassie, Jo and I went on a shopping expedition to Carrefour (the wal-mart of Belgium). Not nearly as fun as Germany, but it had to be done...

Thanksgiving dinner was weird but fun... I got to call home and talk to everyone, which was great. (Although I did answer the same questions about 10 times...) My uncle Kurt sent me a video from that day, with everyone saying "hi!" and Lutsen was even in it!! The wonders of technology!!!

The term is winding to a close here at school... report cards, visits from St. Niclaus (Dec 6th), planning for Christmas sing-alongs and parties... only two weeks left after this one... I'm getting really excited to go to Barcelona!
The first graders are having a bake sale tomorrow to raise money to help the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan. That should be fun, and it's great to see the concern they have after we watched a video about the earthquake and the way it affected kids like themselves.

That's about it... nothing too exciting... in the home stretch before break....

Something to ponder:
The saying "saying you're sorry means you won't do it again" is quite a good one to remind young children of... but I had to laugh when I heard this on the playground:

"Saying you're sorry means you don't have to tell the teacher.... and I won't do it anymore"