The first New Year's letters

On New Year's Day we could hang around and chill in our pyjama's until the afternoon which was needed due to a lack of sleep.   Then the boys were motivated to go and search their New Year's letters and read them to us.  For Beertje it was the first time he'd read a self-written letter, instead of tell a memorized rhyme.  They had not practised in the week before but it went quite smoothly. 

In the afternoon we went to my sister's place to wish them well for the New Year.