My new blog!!!

I have been reading my friend Megan Woolsey's blog for a long time and finally made the belated newyearsresolution to start my own blog. I always thought nobody wanted to hear our day to day stuff but I always looked forward to reading Meg's stories about the simplest of things, that I thought this would be a great way to keep people up to date on our adventures and in the meantime keep up my English skills while living in Belgium:-)

The whole blog thing is new to me so all the cool tech stuff (like pics, video and music) will NOT be in this first blog post, I need to play with it a bit to get better, but at least I do not have to fit my text into small boxes like my last newsletters, pfff, that was a pain. Now I can just freely write and write until the inspiration runs dry. So get ready :-)

This week is a little different than normal because we have "Krokus" Vacation. It's usually the week of ashwednesday and the beginning of Lent. Belgium is originally a Catholic country, and even though religion is completely seperated from State, we still have tons of Catholic traditions and holidays. As most working moms know (except for you lucky schoolteachers), a week off school means a lot of planning for the kids to stay busy.

Chloe is on cloud nine because she has asked me for about a year to learn how to ride a horse, but I was a little scared of the whole idea. She seemed too small, and that is a loooong fall for a little person. But this week almost half her class signed up for a weeklong horseback riding camp so there was no way out and I had to let her go. She is doimg great and I am glad they teach her everything INCLUDING cleaning the stables and grooming the horses. Hopefully this will make her understand we will not be buying a horse anytime soon.

Lainey joined her cousin Sienna this week at a playcamp at her school. They do arts and crafts, games and as long as there is still snow, they have lots of snowfun. Lainey makes sure to let me know she will be riding a horse when she is in first gade, because this camp is more for small kids, not kindergardners. Too funny to see all the kids watching Hannah Montannah in Flemish in the kindergardner room and the bigger kids watch it in English with subtitles, no wonder Lainey feels so mature for her age. She is super smart!! :-)

Will and I had a very nice Valetine's day. We took the train to Antwerp and went to a great Sushi place we actually discovered last time Will's brother Chris and his wife Jen were down. They will understand when I say we ate the whole boat by ourself!! It was very yummy, and I was happy! They don't really have much sushi here, so this was a treat. We had a very nice hotel and it was nice to get away. It is soo easy to get stuck in the rut of daily living, and we get so tired that we end up in the couch at night. You have to get out and plan things in advance, because otherwise if you wait untill the moment you end up saying..we'll just stay in and relax. So therefor, I am becoming a planner.

I hope things are great with all of you guys, and untill next time,

Lesley Groven Serrato x