5 things about my weekend

1) On Friday evening a congregant came up to me and shared that her 3 year old had realized something startling at the preschool Shabbat earlier that morning, which he had attended with my own children:  "The rabbi's a Mommy!!"

2) The teachers had been talking to the older boys' class about Community Helpers, and in that context brought up what the kids wanted to be when they grew up.  Xander of course wants to be "a scientist and an inventor."  Ari "a firefighter."  They talked about their mommy, how mommy is a community helper and helps people when they're sick, or sad, and is there for them when they're happy.  Then they asked Ari what his daddy did.  "Um... he cooks!" said Ari.  "That's what he does!"

3) On Saturday we met up with Rachel and Marc, colleagues from Cincinnati who are now based in Miami.  Our kids played, we went to dinner, and the adults played board games when the younger set fell asleep.  The perfect social outing.

4) Ari and I were both sick today so spent a lot of time coloring, doing puzzles, and watching Scooby Doo.  It was actually a really relaxing day off.

5) There is no better hot chocolate than milk with an entire melted Hershey's bar. That is all.