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Almost Chanukah time 2010

Posted on November 28, 2010 1:09 pm by TheAngelForever

The days after Thanksgiving are spent with most people finalizing their plans for Christmas. For those of us that are Jewish and celebrate Chanukah, we have a lot less time to prepare this year. This coming Wednesday, December 1, we will be lighting the first candle on our menorah.

This year we are minimizing our focus on presents that we give the kids and focusing more on family time. So excuse me, I must be off. We need to locate all of our Chanukah books, practice spinning our dreidels, dust off our menorah, and get the songs of Barenaked Ladies ready to play for the week ahead.

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Thing 1 and Thing 2

Posted on November 27, 2010 8:19 am by TheAngelForever

Dear NHL and JSL,

On Thanksgiving day we confused you and your cousins a little. We decided to exchange Chanukah gifts with cousin SG and BA. Since it was less than a week before it started and we will not be seeing them during the holiday, it made a lot of sense to the adults. Here are the four cousins all together at Nana and Papa’s house.

Then it was time to open the presents. Cousin SG and BA started with theirs first while the two of you waited patiently.

The two of you received a cool container filled with dozens of dinosaurs. Along with this JSL got an iXL Toy Story 3 game and NHL a Cars Mater game for the Nintendo DS. Then I was in love. When Uncle I and Aunt M were in Florida a few weeks ago, they asked sizes for the two of you. I knew that they had gone to Islands of Adventure and thought about asking them to buy you something. They must have been mind readers since they bought them as part of your Chanukah present.

What the two of you may not remember is when JSL was born Daddy and I started to lovingly call you Thing 1 and Thing 2. That first Father’s Day we actually bought Daddy a Thing 1 and Thing 2 set at Build-A-Bear Workshop and he still has them in his office. I can not wait to see the two of you wearing these since they have so many fun memories.

Love,

Mommy

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Thanksgiving favorites 2010

Posted on November 26, 2010 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

After being out and about all day for Thanksgiving, my brain is a bit tired thanks to Mr. Turkey. With that in mind this week’s question is:

What was your favorite part of Thanksgiving this year?

Mine is simple, it was the special time with my family. This year it included 20 of us gathering at my Aunt S and Uncle M’s house. It was a wonderful time. Here are just a few of the memories from the day spent with my wonderful family.

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