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She’s not quite tall enough to put the spaghetti monster at the top by herself. She tried this year, but it’s going to be a few more inches. Maybe next year!

Spent in DeKalb with the Blaus. We are thankful for family, tasty food and PIE!

Aunt, uncle and grandparents are good for reading stories, doing puzzles, playing Top Trumps cards and Ivan’s newly discovered love – Uno.

Ivan won Uno more than he lost. He’s very proud of this.

Ivan was heard to chant, “pie! pie! pie!” While all 3 pies were popular with both children, I think it is safe to say chocolate pumpkin won the fan favorite award. Here they are waiting impatiently for the cutting of the pies.

is a sled ornament Ezri made out of popsicle sticks and glitter.

The sleds look like this:

The troop

There was practicing marching, chanting “We’re Americans,” and singing Penguins Attention and other camp songs in the parade staging area. We spent about an hour and 15 minutes hanging out in the parking lot of the high school waiting. Time with friends and donuts is not really waiting, is it?

The Hillcrest troop let our scouts see if they were strong enough to carry the BIG flag.

On the actual parade route, Ezri passed out candy and carried the banner. She saved some candy in her bucket to pass to Ivan when she saw him on the parade route. He was having trouble getting candy (shyness is costly) and was super happy she had candy for him.

They are a good group.

The moms are cool too.

Bubbles, BBQ, and games!
And fizzy drinks, lemon squares, and lotsa cookies.

The kids turned this adorable playhouse into the terrifying spooky house with sound effects and black trash bag hanging in the windows. House of Horrors. The adults who visited fled screaming.

Siggy, the puppy, and the children agree bubbles are good times.

This box had a microscope with slides for the kids to view a fly’s eye up close.

Ivan found a new game to love called Gobblet Gobblers which is like tic-tac-toe with at least twice the strategy – so twice as fun! Enzo introduced Ezri to the pokemon card game. She was all about evolving her zubat.

This is the first Seder Ezri’s attended since she learned to read. So, this year she read portions of the Haggadah. She also tried the spicy horseradish (rather than the mild) for the first time and made the funniest bug-eyed face. After that, she only went with the sweet charoset which she spread ALOT of on her matzah. She and her brother both agreed that the chocolate cake was great! Ivan was heard to say, “I love this chocolate cake. Thank you.” The four children in attendance found the afikomen and opened the door for Elijah. I like thinking back through our years of Seders and noting how the children are growing. Ivan sat through until the meal for the first time. Ezri took part in the reading for the first time. The afikomen can now be hidden rather than left in the open because the children have searching skills. I thought back on people who I’ve shared Seders with in the past who have died and was thankful for my family and really good matzah ball soup! My in-laws host an excellent Seder.

We went with plastic eggs with candy and tiny treasures inside.

On the hunt around the yard. . .

Final tally
Ezri = 27 eggs
Ivan = 22 eggs
2 eggs outstanding which needed parental pointing for the finding.

Opening of the eggs. . .

Contents of Ezri’s basket after the egg opening. Eric just had some LEGO minifigs hidden in the basement waiting for such an occasion.

Both children claimed not to have experienced the wonder of a cream egg.
Both experienced the joy and liked them very much.

Ezri says, “I would like to eat them ALL.”

She didn’t eat them all, but sampled a bit of the 3 flavors. Chocolate is her favorite, but lemon and bavarian cream are also “really good.”

Ezri thinks we should have Fat Friday instead of Fat Tuesday, because the alliteration sounds better.

By the end of paczki eating Ezri had powdered sugar in her eyebrows.

Daisy Scouts with Santa

Amanda and Ezri and Santa