Monday, December 21, 2009

St. Martin's Day

A few weeks ago, Lautje participated in the traditional St. Martin's Day processional march at his daycare: carrying a lantern (OK, the Daddy carried it...) while going for a walk. Neither Lautje (too young) nor the Daddy (too American) really understood why they were walking around with lots of other kids carrying a lantern. Unfortunately, the Mommy's explanation ("It has something to do with St. Martin and a coat") wasn't particularly enlightening...
Lautje found the lantern entertaining though...
Luckily for Lautje, the Oma was on hand to explain everything (and carry him: Lautje's not much on marching...).
And so Lautje and few of his closest friends went to see the local St. Martin's Day processional march. With their lanterns, naturally...