Hanukkah, it is here

Hanukkah was lovely tonight.  We decorated the house in the afternoon, singing Hanukkah songs along the way.  Dinner was chicken nuggets (they're fried!).  Then latkes with applesauce and sour cream for me and Jonathan, applesauce only for the boys.  We brought out every menorah we own and every boy lit his own (Connor with help), we sang the blessings, sang more songs, and opened presents.  Hooray!

We don't have any pictures of that, we were too busy being in the moment.  So here are pictures from yesterday.  We made cookies!

Ari is my baking helper.  Xander could care less, his focus is when the cookies are finished.

Putting out the finished plates in preparation for decorating.

We had white vanilla frosting, and then used food coloring to make green, red, and orange.  Add in sprinkles and edible eyes, and we were in business!  We even made a plate of colorful cookies to take to the neighbors next door.

Connor heard me say that we were going to deliver them to the neighbors' house.  He raced to the door to get ready by himself!