Sinterklaas

Sinterklaas is back in town. The story of how he got here disappointed us though. His bought a new steamboat (his normal mode of arrival from Spain) and flew here instead. Rather unsustainable. Last night we had our annual fall bonfire and then went to his arrival party at the castle. We stayed for 10-15 minutes, but the party kept going long after our bedtimes. We won't miss trying to fall asleep to that kind of noise! 

Naomi had more doctor appointments this week. Now she has a hernia that needs to be operated on. Hopefully we can get all of these health issues out of the way before it gets really expensive. 

Made a lot of progress cleaning out the study and Naomi sold the hall cabinet, so we will need to figure out where to put all the stuff that was in it. Still no word on the green card stuff. We were supposed to be able to contact them this week as our case is well outside the normal times, but when we fill out the form, it still says we are within the normal times. Very annoying. In ten days it will be 14 months. 80% of cases are processed after 10.5 months. No idea what the problem is. 

Found some fun stuff while cleaning out the study!

Sinterklaas came to our castle.