Holland

When you think of Holland do you think of poffertjes, anijsmelk and stroopwafels? Now we do!

We all love country studies. I could just plan our homeschool entirely around studying countries and I think we'd learn plenty to keep us educated for life.

"God created the world but the Dutch created Holland." With lots and lots of dikes and windmill power! They used the windmills and had an auger-like attachment that pushed the water up over the dikes and back into the ocean. Ingenuity!

We had Cees Kaulkman come over. He's in our ward and born in Holland. We loved listening to him speak dutch. He seemed to love the anijsmelk I attempted to make for all of us. He seems to still try to keep the calm European demeanor and it was so nice to have him in our home. He made us poffertjes, which the kids thought were mini pancakes. His father was a cook and owned a restaurant so he had a large poffertjes pan. He brought a bunch of wooden clogs and told us about the tradition of marriage clogs. He taught the kids about Holland and Cedrik was the most entranced. It was by far one of the best homeschooling experiences we've had.

I also love that Jordan and I are learning so much with each country study too. Holland is now high on our list of places to visit!