Janne's birthday

Janne's birthday at peuterspeelzaal

Before you all get confused, it's not Janne's birthday yet. But, as her birthday is in the middle of summer vacation, she celebrated her 4th birthday at the Peuterspeelzaal (play school) on the last day of school, the 4th of July.
Janne with mice and birthday candles

In keeping with Dutch tradition, I spent two evenings putting her treats together. I used eierkoeken (egg biscuits), edible paper, M&M's and drop (licorice) to make mice and must say I was rather proud of the result. Even though the eierkoeken didn't stick together very well and the mice fell apart upon hand-out ...
Janne doing magic

Janne had been looking forward to 'her birthday at play school' for weeks and was very excited about it. The teachers made a really nice birthday celebration, with lots of songs and rituals. Janne got to use the magic wand to make her gift appear in the magic hat, she got to choose a friend to dance with and of course, she got to sit on the birthday chair, wearing her birthday crown. It was such joy to see her enjoying all the attention en specialties!