International Festival

Yesterday, Aidan's school held their annual International Festival. Students at his school come from all around the world and the festival is a way to celebrate all the different nationalities. Parents volunteer to run food booths and serve food that is typical of their country. There were booths serving foods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Japan/China, India/Pakistan, Nepal, Great Britian, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, Germany, and of course the good ol' US of A.

The day started off with a parade of nations and our kids proudly displayed the red, white and blue. Here's a pic of our kids with our Swedish neighbors

I, of course, volunteered to work at the USA's booth. I served up Detroit-style Coney dogs, chocolate chip cookies, fruit roll-ups, and Dr. Pepper. The coneys didn't go over so well (not many people were familiar with chili), but the rest of the stuff flew off our table! We were out of hot dogs, fruit roll-ups, and Dr. Pepper by 12:30! We were supposed to be serving until 4! For 3 hours all we could sell was bowls of chili and chocolate chip cookies :).

We all had a great time tasting foods and wines from other countries, hanging out with our friends, playing on the playground, and watching performances from the kids at school.

Mamaw and Papaw were even able to join us! They liked seeing Aidan's school and tasting all the South African wines! Aidan was thrilled to have them here.