St. Nicholas Day - December 6th

Saturday we found wooden shoes filled with small treats, a candy cane and an ornament. The wooden shoes represent our dutch ancestry and the custom followed by many in central europe. St. Nicholas brings candies to good little children and coal to the rest. For our Saturday fun activity we made chocolates in molds. I love my big table! We all fit comfortably around with plenty of room for the chocolate stuff. I noticed that some children took their time and made beautifully detailed chocolates while others made a mess and smeared chocolate on each other. I had to create some rules like, no licking the molds with your tongue. You would think that I had little children that wouldn't understand the importance on not licking public things. But no, it was a 14 year old who couldn't figure out why licking was not allowed.