Following our family bowlathon we headed to Brussels. The boys did great and the ride was relatively uneventful. Well until just before we arrived. Twenty minutes from Brussels as the boys began to be really antsy and STARVING a car to the left of us hit a guard rail and began flipping in front of us. The car was completely crushed but the girl was pulled from the car and able to “walk” away from it. We were all very shaken up and obviously very thankful to be alive. It all went in slow motion.  And I highly recommend saying all of those meaningful things to family when you are not in the middle of a traumatic situation because you really are kind of focused on staying alive.

Back to Brussels… Our friends the Burke’s lent us their house complete with a black lab (and their Colombian maid that stayed to care for the dog). We didn’t use the maid but the boys loved pretending that they had a dog for the week. We stayed in Brussels the entire time and took day trips throughout the area. It was so nice to have a cozy home to come home to a cook normal meals in the evenings. After our day in Brussels Owen was obsessed with “fwench fwies” and waffles. He was disappointed to have eat normal food in the evenings.

We spent a very chilly, rainy day exploring the city in Brussels. Here are a few pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

super super long baguettes

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the waffles…

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the chocolates…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some like to savor chocolates….some just go for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

tintin reminds me of my brothers…they used to read them when we were in boarding school. I hope our boys like the books too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“it’s right there, can’t you see it?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this statue was much smaller in real life than we imagines. Jackson thought it was pretty silly!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

he was puzzled by the giant chocolate version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time outs occur even in Europe despite all of the recent media about European parenting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow I will try to hop on and share our day in Brugg. It was probably our favorite city so far!