Sinterklaas Kapoentje....

Yesterday some very strange things started going on in our house. We heard knocking on doors and windows, we found pepernoten in random places, and I swear I even heard a zwarte piet laughing. All of these strange phenomenons must have been because Sinterklaas made his grand entrance in Holland yesterday! We've been keeping up with the exciting news via the Sinterklaas Journal and Max & Lucas finally got to put out their shoe last night. 

Max made a picture list and wrote a letter to Sinterklaas to remind the dear old Sint that he lives in America now!

Of course there was a carrot and water for Sint's horse, Amerigo.

This morning Max awoke to find a half-eaten carrot, an empty water bowl, and PRESENTS!

Lief, he?

Max helped Lucas eat his pepernoten

Yum yum!

Hoera! Lucas found musical keys in his shoe, and max found a Lego helicopter!

And then Mommy and Papa were treated to very happy (and slightly messy!) children.

Now it's time to go to bed, because we all know the Zwarte Pieten won't come when we are awake!