Gabriel started Grade 2 on Tuesday. He is in the English section of the European School and his teacher is Frau Maddoch. Gabriel has also started to learn German - learning how to speak a second language is mandatory at his grade level. He seems to be having fun, despite the fact that he's already received several homework assignments. Gabriel is also very eager to resume his violin lessons, though we still need to find a teacher for him.
Jocelyn started Kindergarten on Thursday. She is also in the English section of the School and her teachers are Miss Els and Miss Julie. Jocelyn, being Jocelyn, started out rather reticently and didn't say much on her first day. But by her second day, she had already made a couple of new friends. She also taught me a song that she learned in school, so this tells me that she is comfortable with her new school. Here is a photo that she took with Miss Els and Gabriel (we didn't get a chance to take a photo with Miss Julie).
To celebrate their first week, I took them to McDonald's for lunch yesterday (it was a short day on Friday). McDonalds (and most other fast food for that matter) is like a rare delicacy for them. They chose the Millenium Falcon toy from Star Wars. The only reason why I even know the name of that ship is because Gabriel is such a Star Wars geek. Here is a photo of the children with their new toys. Whoops, I didn't realize that I accidently cut-off part of Gabriel's ship in the photo.
We also moved into our larger apartment this week (yes, we've been busy). Here is a photo of the children lounging on the sofa. Gabriel's homemade sundial is on the coffee table.
Here is also a photo of the view from our living room window.
Though it's still the beginning of our sojourn, I think we'll all be fine here in Germany.
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