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Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah! You crazy old holiday! We such a blast with 8 nights of Hanukkah over the past several years, that this year we decided to buck tradition and do NINE nights!
We celebrated with just the four of us, we celebrated with Indy, Johnny, and Alanna (friends from school), we celebrated with Mimi and Pops, we celebrated with the Shockleys, we celebrated with our neighbors Sarah and Matthew, and we celebrated with Mimi and Pops again-- this time with the whole Shields family!
Nine amazing nights full of latkes, candles, brisket, family, presents, presence, singing our favorite songs, playing dreidel (like actual dreidel with coins and all), and togetherness.
Warm nights by the candles, with family, and donuts....is there anything better?
Some fun memories stand out:
- Sharing and trying our gift to Pops of buying black licorice gift with pops.... (Aidan you spit it out and Pops ate it anyway; Julia you tried it, and liked it...you said it tasted like Mommy's oils...but you later told me that you didn't really like it, but you pretended to because it made Pops happy).
- How energetically you guys sing the prayers and the songs...and how you, Julia, asked me "How come we know all the words and you dont?"
-Post Hanukkah dance party with Korah and Teddy!
DREIDEL!
Board-game night brought two of our now-favorite family games to our home: 5-minute Marvel AND Dixit! Which we spent many an afternoon playing...even by the 'fireplace.'
- The holiday cards you made, replete with shimmering menorahs!
- Wrestling, stacking, and playing with the Shields for a fantastic final night!
- And...of course...recreating your first friends hannukah PJ pal picture!
Then...
In the window where you can see the glow...
