ST NICHOLAS DAY (4 1/2 YRS OLD)

Today, Starbright celebrate St. Nicholas day. Momma brought S to school to celebrate this special day. Parents were not allowed to come in to celebrate and asked to bring the kids on-time to school before St. Nicholas appeared. St. Nicholas was asked to be a surprise to the children but Momma, worried how S would respond, went ahead and told her that St. Nicholas was coming to visit her school.

Ms. Denise told the story of St. Nicholas. Then St. Nicholas comes, himself, to visit. The children listen for his horse and his footsteps. He comes and talk to children, reading from his book. According to S, his book contained everything about the kids -- for example, it said, S was a good helper in the kitchen and helped momma cook. St. Nick read that Milo was good at soccer and scored several goals. It also said that S needed to eat more vegetables.

At the end, St. Nicholas handed out tangerines and a golden walnut to everyone. S ate her tangerine but wanted to save her golden walnut. She told momma later, that she thought St. Nicholas was pulling out a treasure bag, but it turned out it only had tangerines and walnuts in it.

S really had a good time and talked about it all afternoon, even to daddy when he came home.

P.S. Having St. Nickolas tell S to try more vegetables was not as helpful as momma hoped. S refused to try a bite of tomato or cucumber or piece of lettuce during lunch. And, she even refused to try to roasted potatoes at dinner time. After some prying, she finally gave in and tried the potato and declared it, "delicious." But, momma had a trying battle to just get her to eat one potato.