In lieu of celebrating Halloween, Willem's school does United Nations Day where the kids pick a country of their heritage or that they are interested in learning about. Then they dress up in traditional clothing and bring a food item to share. This year Willem chose Holland. Well, his first choice was American which would have been much easier costume wise, but after discussing some other options, Holland won out.
This year we made spoekoek cookies which are usually served with coffee or tea.
This year we made spoekoek cookies which are usually served with coffee or tea.
Love that Jason caught this moment on camera! Willem likes to sneakily taste any dish we are making, especially sweets.
Willem "sneaking" a taste of flour. He likes to try each ingredient we put in to see what it's like.
Yes, hands were washed after each "sneaking".
All in a hard days work
Our proud Dutch/French man
The day prior Willem stopped playing, ran over to me and whispered in my ear, "Mom, I am doing the movable alphabet now". In his classroom this is one of the lessons the kids eagerly work toward. To receive this lesson, he needed to learn 16 phonetic sounds. Now he's off and sounding. Everyday he's telling us what different words start with. We're excited to see his confidence grow with each new skill he masters.
Ellie happily sitting in the audience at UN Day. Kind of chaotic, so we didn't get a picture of the kids together.
1 comment:
I am impressed by your patience of having him help you in the kitchen. I need to be better at that. He looked awesome for United Nations Day. :) He's a smart kid! I don't know of any other 3 year olds doing the moveable alphabet.
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