Sunday, November 27, 2016

Christkindlmarkt

It is the season of Christmas Markets here in Germany and so it was only fitting that the girls school put on their own.  With vendors selling their handmade wares, Christmas craft stations, traditional food and drink, concerts by both the kids and adults and even an appearance by Santa there was fun to be had by everyone from 1 to 92.  It was our first time visiting our sister campus out in Haimhausen (well, technically second if you count the tour before we enrolled) and we were once again blown away by the beauty of the school and how welcoming the families were to us "city folk".  The girls had a great time running free with their friends and trying their hands at some games.  I did capture them a few times and sit with them to make some crafts but then they were off again to roam the playground or the halls with what seemed like every single child from both campuses.  Which was just as well as it gave me some time to chat with my friends.  All in all a very successful afternoon - even if I didn't win my raffle baskets of choice (see below).

We did both - cookies and ornaments.


She sure likes her sweets...


This one chose to paint instead...



They took off so I listened to the band for a bit...


 And then, by some miracle, we captured a group of them and got a picture with Santa...


 It was getting towards the end of the day so they decided to make one more craft...



 Finally, it was time for the raffle.  Each grade level put together a basket according to a theme they were assigned.  The MadHatter's class was given Chocolate and Stinkerbell's Baking.  Their baskets turned out pretty great thanks to a lot of hard work by our class moms.



 I, of course, put a ticket into each of their baskets but I had one left so I had to decide what I wanted more...beer or bar...


In the end, I went with the bar but it hardly mattered because half of the school did too, I suppose.  These Haimhausen classes are much larger than our city ones so they have a lot (a lot) more people donating which made for some pretty incredible prizes.  We must take note for next year!

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