I say I live in Breda, Netherlands, but truly we live on the outskirts of Breda in a little village called Bavel.  It’s adorable and tiny, and I love the vibe of it.  Today I needed to go to the post office to pick up a package, and I decided to take a few pictures … More Bavel – Around my little Village

I’m finding out that playdates are a big deal here in the Netherlands.  You could probably book your kids for a playdate every day of the week if you wanted to.  The very first day of school Oldest came rushing out of school with her new friend wanting to setting up a playdate for that afternoon.  She ended … More Playdates and Fun

When we first set up our shipment stuff in the States, they told us that the air shipments usually took ~3 weeks to arrive, and the sea shipments were averaging 50 days to arrive.  So we figured we wouldn’t see our sea shipment until the middle of September sometime.  But it arrived on Friday!!  Woo-Hoo! … More Our Stuff Has Arrived!!

Today is the first day of school for my girls. They are enrolled at the International School of Breda. This is a new school (opened in 2011), and even many residents here don’t know it exists!  It’s a very small school compared to what we are used to.  In Houston the girls would have gone … More The First Day of School