1st Grade Trip

The kids will begin their education adventure later this week and will be attending a small Catholic French school. It will be complete immersion for them, though the school has many students who arrive not speaking French. Hopefully, they will pick up the language relatively quickly. As I parent, I know this is an amazing gift (to be bilingual)--I just don't want them to suffer too much early on. I am preparing myself for many challenges and cultural divides along the way. Which brings me to an email I rec'd from the school about my daughter's 1st grade field trip. Not just a trip to the Louvre for the day, but a WEEK-long trip to St. Malo along the Brittany coast. WOW--for a mom whose not big on sleepovers yet, this was a shock! (Parents are not allowed to chaperone.) I forwarded the email to Audrey's 1st grade teacher in the states--could she even imagine? A day trip to the Pacific Science Center downtown Seattle is a big enough adventure for teachers and parents alike. If you couldn't have already guessed, I will politely decline.