[hylo]

Who knew?!

Today, June 1st, is Children's Day in Poland. I had JUST learned about it from an email I received from the foster family wishing my kids a happy day.

So what do they do on Children's Day? Do I need to have a party prepared for this evening? Does this call for Ice Cream?

[jola_nyc]

It is not just Poland which celebrates this holiday. Children's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[PolishMom]

Lodi!!! Tak!!

I HAVE to reply to this!! Our first day with our son, D, was on June 1, 2001. There was a huge celebration at the orphanage. The local fire department was there with the fire trucks, the local Catholic high school choir was there singing to the children, and the local military group (something like the US National Guard?) was there as well.

The choir sang, "Let There Be Peace on Earth" in English and Polish and dedicated it to our family. It leaves me in tears to this day thinking about it. The military group had set up tents with so much food and CANDY that I thought our little ADHD son was going to go into sugar shock.

A couple of days later, we were invited to the older children's orphanage to celebrate Children's Day again (yes, it wasn't on the 1st but most of the kids were in school so they celebrated on a separate day). The older kids had just as much activities as the little ones, if not more. It was almost like one of our local county fairs.

A side note to the older orphanage's celebration....we were not told until after the celebration had ended and all the kids were gone that we had actually spent an enormous amount of time with D's older siblings (there is a 6 year difference between D and his next oldest sibling). That also happens to be the day my video recorder broke and my batteries died in my camera. Given the fact that we were given zero information about his older siblings (except the fact that they were not available for adoption), I am so disappointed that I missed out on this once in a lifetime opportunity to give my son a glimpse into his birth family. The only consolation I have is that I know he spent several hours playing basketball with a couple of his siblings and that I can tell him that his love of sports must run in his family!

Originally Posted by hylo

Who knew?!

Today, June 1st, is Children's Day in Poland. I had JUST learned about it from an email I received from the foster family wishing my kids a happy day.

So what do they do on Children's Day? Do I need to have a party prepared for this evening? Does this call for Ice Cream?