Sinterklaas in Chicago

And finally it was the 5th of December, the day that we would celebrate Sinterklaas together with 75 other kids at the Dutch Club in Chicago. The children were called in alphabetical order, making Nina and Stasiu the first ones to come to Sinterklaas! Nina shook his hand, twice, graciously accepted the pepernoten that Piet offered her from 'de zak' and that was that. No panic, no crying! In fact, she kept going back to Sinterklaas over and over again and found it all very interesting keeping a close eye on 'de zak' full of pepernoten en taaitaai of course. The wait for the presents was long but fortunately there were tables with crayons, colour sheets and art supplies to keep her busy. Stasiu just took it all in with his Pieten hat on.