UN Day

Every year on October 24th is the UN's Children's Day.... Who knew? Becca's school celebrates this day by having an International Day celebrating the many countries and cultures that the children and teachers represent. Each country has a booth where you can sample food, see a traditional dance or play, see some handicrafts, or play a game. There were booths from: Germany, France, Mexico, Jordan, Singapore/Malaysia/India (a combo), Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Australia. And not all of the countries were represented! Amazingly, we discovered that we are one of the only American families at the school right now. We had a great time as a family. Though we had been there only a few minutes when Becca disappeared with some of her friends to explore the festival.

Some of our favorite parts of the day:

Becca sitting next to 2 of her friends (who are from Denmark and Japan)

In Australia: the frog race. The frogs started out in the middle and the first one to leave the circle....

was the WINNER!

Tori loved the frogs! She really wanted to pet them. Becca's teacher was in charge of this game. He was telling us that they were going to release the frogs into the school pond which was an improvement in their lot in life. Especially since he bought them at Carrefour (a grocery store) and NOT in the pet section. Yes, they were intended for someone's dinner! ;-)

Visiting all the "countries"

In Korea: pounding rice into rice dough. A big sledgehammer and hitting something really hard - so who is having more fun, Andy or Josh?

In Australia: our little "kitty cat" catching fish. Isn't that the best look of joy?