A few December Community Events

The following are just a few of the many events that are taking place in December. Hopefully some of you will be able to check them out. We hope our Dutch friends have had a fun filled Sinterklaas weekend and wish everyone a wonderful holiday season!

December 5th, 6th, 12th or 13th- Christmas Cake Pops Workshop (http://www.cutecakepops.com/)

December  7th (19:30 – 21:30) - Passionate Parenting seminar:  Raising Bilingual Children
Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Portuguese? 2 hour lecture by Eowyn Crisfield on how to raise multilingual children, with all the guidelines, practicalities and important details.
Venue: van Hogenhoucklaan 89 (behind Bronovo Hospital).
Register here: (www.passionateparenting.nl/bookonline)

December 9th, 10th, 15th, 17th & 21st- A Christmas Carol in The Hague (http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/A-Christmas-Carol-in-The-Hague-11.htm)

December 10th, 17th, 18th & 24th- Christmas express from The Hague to Delft on Salonboot Den Haag
(http://www.salonbootdenhaag.nl/)

December 10th- Christmas Market in Ypenburg

December 13th- Lighting of Swedish Christmas tree on Lange Voorhout  (Swedish Embasy)

December 16th and 23rd- Christmas cruises through The Hague’s Canals

December 22nd- 28th- Circus in Den Haag (http://www.kerstcircusdenhaag.nl/)



Many other events listed at:
http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/Christmas-and-New-Years-in-The-Hague-1.htm

A few Community Events in November

American Women's Club of The Hague Holiday Bazaar
An exciting holiday shopping bazaar with numerous vendors, featuring high-quality goods from all over the world.
http://www.awcthehague.org/bazaar.php
November 12 - 13, 2011


Colourful The Hague walk

http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/Colourful-The-Hague-walk.htm
Friday the 18th of November


International Food Fair
http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/International-Food-Fair.htm
Saturday the 19th of November, 2011


Tour our local Windmills
http://english.wassenaar.nl/news_archive/long_live_the_mills
Any Saturday

Playgroup is still here and going strong!

It has been quite some time since this blog has been updated but we are still here! We are an English speaking playgroup with families from all over the globe.

Are you new to The Netherlands or just new to Wassenaar? Join us for lots of free play, songs and maybe a craft or two. Playgroups are a great place for your baby or young child to make friends and learn to play well with others. Also, playgroups are great support for us caregiver too! We look forward to meeting you and your little ones!