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St Martin’s Day

Nov 11 is the feast of St Martin, which is celebrated in Germany & Austria by children making lanterns & walking thru the streets singing songs about the good deeds of Martin of Tours (I don’t think many people here know he is the patron Saint of France…)  Both girls had festivals at their schools.  Sophia joined us at Alexandra’s, although we could only remember the words to one verse of one of the songs so we just sang it over & over again. 

The Geese are traditionally eaten during this feast.  The story is something about Martin hiding in a Goose shed when he found out he was going to become bishop of Tours & the Geese shouting & giving him away, so they were killed & eaten for dinner.  But they are pretty cute! Sophia’s celebration was during the school day yesterday, although it was so dark you could have used the candles to light the lanterns.  We started outside in the drizzle, and then went into the atrium for the rest of the show.  

She actually had a bit of a speaking part during the assembly, welcoming the parents & introducing the story. 

Then back to the classroom for Geese cookies, and a few class photos.

and the parent paparazzi!

Veteran’s Day

I’m not sure if this is even a holiday in the US anymore, but Sophia had it off today for Parent Teacher Conferences (which is now Student/Parent/Teacher 3 way conferences – hard to hear actually how your child is doing…) and the girls were playing with the flags after our US Hockey Victory last weekend, so enjoy, and thank you to all of the men & women in our nation’s history.