Sinterklaas in Jakarta

Sinterklaas is back in town ! He arrived last Saturday at a new location in Jakarta, @ Taman Mani, which is some kind of amusement park not too far from where we live.
We went to see the arrival with Rob and his girls, Shayna and Saskia.

Noah and Ayla were very excited to see Sinterklaas and the Zwarte Pieten and when they came home, they started writing letters to Sinterklaas and inmediately put their shoes outside with a carrot in it for Sint's horse....hoping that Zwarte Piet would come by at night to put a present in it.
Ha..great stuff ...bringing back sweet memories from my childhood days.

I love Sinterklaas!

Here are some photos of the arrival.

Go Brazil !

In the JYS ( Jakarta Youth Soccer) league Noah played this year in the U-7 league for team Brazil.
Last year Noah played in this same league for team Netherlands. He was an absolute beginner and his team was very weak. They drew one match and lost all other matches and only scored 6 goals all season.
This year his team won 10 matches, drew 1 and lost 1. They scored about 40 goals and Noah scored 30 of them.....not kidding.
What a difference a year (and every Sunday training at Arsenal Jakarta) can make............!!

Here is some pictures of the final Saturday of the season.

Halloween

Last week I took Noah and his friend to a Halloween party at the American Club. It was really cool! They had a fashion show with the kids showing off their costumes and afterwards there was trick and treating in the parking lot out of the back of parked cars. The kids loved it. Noah just got way too much candy.....Ayla didnt go because she had her own class halloween party. Next year I am sure we will go to the American Club with the whole family!