I am a wife, mother of 2 beautiful girls, and long to see as much of the world as I can.
We have decided that as long as MyMan’s schedule permits it, we are going to try to do a day trip on Saturdays to see the sites. So today, we decided to head out to Kinderdijk! I’d been hearing about the “windmills’ whenever I go to an International Women’s Club meeting, or around the school … More Kinderdijk – Where the Windmills Are!
We knew MyMan would be at work all day Saturday helping out with his “Dag van de Chemie” day, and I was planning on taking the girls up there to tour his plant. We have never been able to really “see” the plants in Houston due to safety concerns and security issues, understandably. The Open Day … More Fun Filled Weekend Part 2 – Saturday
We had a busy and fun weekend! The girls did not have school on Friday, and originally we were planning to go on our first “real” trip on our first 3 day weekend of the school year. Then we found out that Saturday was “Dag van de Chemie” at the plant, where the plant is … More Fun Filled Weekend Part 1 – Friday
Every year MyMan’s work has a Global Car Day where volunteers from the company go out into the community and help cleanup an area in need. The girls and I have almost always participated in this event when we lived in Houston and it’s always been a rewarding experience. Volunteering here in Holland was no … More Helping Out the Community
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
Our house was built in 2006, and most of the people who live on this street have been around since the beginning of the neighborhood. They started having block parties back then as well. So we were excited when they invited us to join them at their block party yesterday evening. It ended up being … More It’s a Block Party!!
It’s Friday afternoon and a gorgeous day outside at 66 degrees with the sun shining and a slight breeze. A perfect day to take the girls to a special pancake house that I know. I know of this place because right next door is a house we almost rented. We ended up deciding against … More Het Pannekoeckershuys
From Here to There - A Move Across an Ocean 