December 2011 Archives

I'm still working on catching us up to the present. This video is from the Sinterklaas celebrations in the Netherlands. For those who aren't familiar:

Sinterklaas on Wikipedia

Some other terms that Chiara uses:

Pepernoten are small spice cookies traditionally eaten during the festivities.
Zwarte Pieten are Sinterklaas' mischievous helpers with black faces.

Reading in our new house.
Chiara's 7th birthday party.
We had a lot of snow. The canals froze over and we got to make a real snow-man!
Our first year celebrating Sinterklaas! We learned a lot from Chiara as she brought home the traditions from school.
Our Christmas tree and visiting the local Christmas market.