Sinter Klaas

On December 5th we honoured our Dutch heritage and celebrated Sinter Klaas (kind of). I told the kids the story of Sinter Klaas, then asked if they thought Sinter Klaas would visit them. Seth was quite sure he would not, since he was not a "real" person anymore. He did, however, consent to going downstairs to check his boots just in case. What a surprise to find a chocolate letter, a new shirt and some papernoten! Of course, as soon as I told them that papernoten was a Dutch cookie Seth said, "So THAT'S why you had to go to the Dutch store this week". I guess he's too old to be fooled :) They were quite thrilled - especially with their new shirts. Seth got a Dusty shirt, Maddy a Frozen shirt and Kiera a Dora shirt - all favourite characters around here!! It was fun ... maybe more so for me than for them :)