Super Heros in the Sukkah!

Although, traditionally you are supposed to host dinners in the sukkah, we are trying to host playdates, breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and sometimes dinners (whatever we can)... most of the week was a sukkah wash out because of the rain - but we did manage to have some fun!

This past Monday Jewish preschool was closed for Sukkot - my kaleidoscope was wiggling in my back pocket - call up Batman's mom (he goes to another local Jewish preschool) and invite them over for some Super Hero craziness in our sukkah (or as Jonah was overheard saying that morning - this is Spiderman's Sukkah!!!!).  That's what we did.  It was pretty super hero fantastic!

There was lots of running, pushing, wrestling... and projects!  I will let the pictures speak for themselves.  But we did have fun!

(1) Painting our Etrogs! - we painted foam eggs shapes with yellow paint - voila etrogs!

(2) Snack Sukkahs - graham crackers, chocolate icing, peanut butter, pretzel rods, fruit roll ups, and fruit gummys!  Way too much sugar but oh so fun!

(3) Squeezing some lemonade! (because you know lemons look like etrogs and they are both citrons -and I have wanted to make lemonade all summer... I planned it as "a recovering from getting your tonsils out" activity - but then realized lemonade was not on the approved bland food?!?!) - Yep, we did it - the good old fashioned way!  Lots of lemons!  Lots of squeezing! water and a pinch of sugar - delish! 

We love Batman and his crew.  His sister is big into purple, accessories and Dora (sort of Vera's perfect soul mate) and their mom, well she is part of that village I keep talking about (and also the Not-So-SAHM) - that's code for pretty good stuff!

It was a great morning - Jonah & Vera and their buddies had a blast.  We made a mess!  The kids blew shofars, shook the lulav and etrog and were playing inside, outside and around the sukkah!  It was gorgeous out!

Like I said, a good time! Many of the pictures below are courtesy of Not-So-SAHM... like I said my camera is crapola...

Another update.  Sunday night is Shemini Atzeret and Monday night is Simchat Torah - yep some more Jewish Holidays no one ever talks about.  What that means is we won't be seeing you all till Wednesday and then we are done with the Jewish Holidays until Chanukah!

In other news I am still receoving from that cold/flu thing.  Turns out, it's a super severe sinus infection and I am on three weeks of antibiotics and steroids... whoop whoop for me.  As the buddah says, with the diagnosis, you do the cure... or something like that.

We are planning a VERY RESTFUL SHABBOT weekend over here!  We need it. Yes the Village is helping.

Shabbot Shalom everyone! 

 

Sunday Night Sukkot in the "Real" Shake Shack!

The big thing about Sukkot, you are supposed to host or be hosted in the sukkah each night for 7 nights.  Sunday night was the official first night.  I took out my kaleidoscope and looked around and came up with a little plan.

We have some amazing friends that have been very good to us recently (part of the that village) and they were days away from having their first baby.  They also just put up their first sukkah.  Jonah and Vera love these friends.  They also were the ones who gave me the tip on where to buy the sukkah kit.  Here was my kaleidoscopey plan:

Invite me, Jonah and Vera over for a drive by Sukkah visit.  Bring milk shakes.  Shake the lulav and etrog in the sukkah.  Leave them with milk shakes, french fries and smiles.  Hugs and kisses all around for new sukkahs, new babies and great friends!

So that is what we did.  Of course the minute we got in the car, the first rain drops fell.  We went through the my favorite Burger King drive thru on Conn Ave (if it only knew it was helping us celebrate sukkot) and drove on over to Takoma Park.

We made it there before the big rain.  Jonah and Vera got to shake, shake, shake it up in the sukkah and then we went inside for the consuming of the shakes. 

We are so excited for them and their new bouncing baby girl.  We can not wait to share years of sukkots to come with them. MAZAL TOV!

To learn all about the "shaking" of the lulav and the etrog - see HERE.

Vera loved all of their plastic fruit decorations!

get that baby bump in the sukkah! 



Jonah and Vera shaking the lulav and etrog with our bestest buddy!  Shake shake shake, shake your lulav... shake shake shake your etrog!

then it is time for some actual shakes!  AMEN!