Ilianna's "new" school

Well, Ilianna has been going to her new school now for about 5 weeks, and is really loving it! Last week thursday we brought her there because we had an appointment with our contact person at the school. When we drove up to the school Ilianna said, "There's school!", in Fries of course ("dêr skoalle").

I posted some pictures of the outside of Ilianna's school on a previous blog, and here are a couple pictures of inside:

This is her "classroom", and in the picture below you see all three of her teachers, Nynke, who is standing, Mieke, who is sitting down on the right hand side, wearing glasses, and Jellie (pronounced Yelly), who has a little blond girl on her lap.

This following picture is of the hall that the kids play in every afternoon for a half an hour. Ilianna usually sits in the car or on the trike.

Last week when we brought her to school, we got to see first hand how much she likes going there. She ran to her classroom and when she was there she looked at everyone and said their name, so in her own way, greeted them. Her face was just lit up! It was really wonderful to see!

It's been a challenge for the 3 teachers to get used to Ilianna, especially since Ilianna has hit the "terrible twos" the last few weeks, and Ilianna has also had to get used to the way things are done there, but it seems to be going very well. It's nice to know that she is happy, and that makes it easier to let her go 3 mornings a week!