Back in time: January 2013

We started the new year in Belgium with a New Year's dinner with the whole family at my father's place. The kids discovered the fun of indoor playgrounds (They are immensely popular in Belgium!) and were over-excited outdoors as well with the heavy snowfall. 

One of the many reasons we went to Belgium this time, was because we wanted to send Auro to the kindergarten there. Equipped with a brand new backpack containing his mid-morning snack and his lunchbox, he started school on the morning of the 7th. Leaving him there that first morning, I had no idea he would like it so much. But, he really loved it and during the 3 weeks he was there, he never complained about having to get up early, made many new friends (he even managed to get a play date) and, like all the other kids, came home with the chickenpox (which didn't make him sick at all, so he just continued going to school).

Dinner on the first day of the year

Presents!!

Remo and Auro enjoying the indoor play ground in Leuven

Playground in Booischot

Lost and lots of snow...

Auro on his first (Belgian) school day

Tosca having breakfast

On my birthday, my husband sent me flowers from Japan. Tosca had to smell each and every one of them before I could put them in a vase ;)

One afternoon when Auro came back from school...

The kids and their cousin Zita in Jandrain-Jandrenouille (where my brother and his family have just moved into their new home)