Sinterklaas

Today is the big day! Sinterklaas' birthday. It seems to be mama's birthday too: Simon and Grandpa give mama gifts and sing 'Happy Birthday'! Confusing... mama has already had her birthday, hasn't she? And grandma mixes up the gifts, and she gets a typical Ces gift - toys for the bathtub.

Unfortunately Alex is ill, and he stays home with his papa.
We have beautiful Sinterklaas cakes: white Pete's'!

We drink calmly coffee, but when that is finished and while everybody walks around, there is a sudden fearsome noise coming from upstairs and then we find a big sack with gifts. I forget my fear for the noise and rip the paper from the gifts!! And Simon does too!




Then we eat soup with sandwiches. It has been a fun Sinterklaas birthday.

In the evening my uncle Dick visits us late at night, and he found a last Sinterklaas gift on our doorstep! Luckily he came to find it.