Jenga towers

Xander built it all himself, oh so very carefully.

Ari watched and literally spun in circles beside him.  

Xander loves math and science and organization; Ari is learning to read, and does addition with Xander, but also makes up his own dance moves and words to songs, and is incredibly socially aware.  It's amazing how they can both be so smart in different ways.

"Accelerated reading" certificate

Xander won nuggets at McDonald's for reaching his reading goals.  A McDonald's dinner for all (last week, before Pesach) commenced!

Second seder at temple

Ari and his bestie, with bestie's family.

Connor with our amazing mother's helper Erin

Xander the focused.

Pesach food

So far we are fans of:

Matzah with cream cheese and jelly
Matzah with cream cheese, cinnamon/sugar
Matzah with peanut butter and raisins
Matzah with Nutella
Matzah with butter
Hard boiled eggs



Not on the list:

Brisket
Tzimmes
Egg salad
Matzah brie (eggs and matzah) with syrup (despite our label of "Matzah French toast," it's new)
Roasted potatoes
Horseradish
Parsley in salt water
Tuna salad
Charoset
And pretty much anything else that doesn't involve matzah and sugar

Our scientifically-minded eldest child (by Jonathan)

Xander constantly amazes me.

Besides solving exponents, square roots, and writing numbers in binary just for fun, he also likes to write instructions on how to make his own art.

 Below is a step by step how to make a 3D letter that he created. He made it because he knew Mommy would have trouble understanding how it was made.

 He's 7.

 I just love it.

Darth Seder

I had to, I just had to: click here for a Star Wars Passover (a few years old, but still hilarious). My favorite is the Battlestar Galactica guy... "So sorry, I'm not Jewish!"

Big news

I can't believe I haven't posted this here, it's consumed all my free time since February:

We're buying a house!

We close in two weeks.

We then are doing a lot of work to it, and will move in mid-May.

It's gonna be fuuuun....