by Clarissa | Jun 4, 2018 | dutch life, family |
Last week rocket boy took part in the local avondvierdaagse. This is four days of early evening walking – either 5km or 10km every night. Parents have to go along too, so I did two nights and my husband should have done the other two. But he only did one in the...
by Clarissa | Mar 11, 2018 | dutch life, family
Last week was a football tournament between a number of local schools. In about November rocket boy came home from school with a letter asking if he wanted to sign up for this. But it didn’t really explain how it worked or when it would be. I guess they assumed...
by Clarissa | Feb 15, 2018 | dutch life, family |
Rocket boy came home from school on Tuesday with pink all round his lips. When I asked him if he’d had anything to eat or drink at school he said no. After more questions he smiled at me and told me it was a good secret and I’d find out the next day....
by Clarissa | Jan 29, 2018 | family |
So I now have two children at school. Starry girl takes delight in telling me that I miss her. And I do. The house seems very empty. Very quiet. When it was only for a couple of mornings a week I always had a list of things to get done before I was on pick-up duty....
by Clarissa | Nov 6, 2017 | dutch life, family
For rocket boy’s first two years at school I volunteered to be one of the class parents. When I did it I wasn’t entirely sure what I was getting myself into, but I thought it would be good to get to know other parents at school and to help with my Dutch...
