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Saturday family day (11-24)

Saturday we usually spend the day getting tons of things done that were not accomplished during the week.

This Saturday was different. We were asked to go in the morning to do Shabbos services with my family. Uncle J wanted to stay further from temple and needed people to do everything Friday night, Saturday morning and Saturday evening. We gladly went, as did my parents.

Saturday we started with the service, had left over Thanksgiving food for lunch and then everyone just relaxed. Everyone opted not to do television (very nice) so it was quiet and people talked. The kids had things with them to play. NHL refused to nap – which in the end was NOT a good thing. I joined my two aunts and cousins to play some games. One was Scrabble and let me just say it is not good to play when distracted by two children – including one being nipped at by a dog.

We had a great time. Unfortunately, since it was Shabbos I was not able to take photos until sun down. Not to worry I was able to capture some at that point. . . along with some videos (will be posted later).

NHL sitting with Aunt A while Cousin Ha plays the guitar. NHL was SO thrilled with this:

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What do you think. . . was NHL happy????

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He was just too happy to be able to "play" the guitar and have all eyes on him:

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Meanwhile others were surfing the web during the show:

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Other cousins did puzzles:

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JL then suggested taking a photo from under the glass table. So I did!

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Nana and Papa played with JSL:

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It is not a smile, but it is an interesting face on my father:

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Perhaps JSL’s reaction to Papa’s face:

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Mimi taught JSL to "make nice" over the weekend. Here he is trying to pet her face:

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Now the boys are so confused from all of the extended family being gone. They have just under two weeks to recover before Chanukah weekend with people back in town!

 

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Thanksgiving 2007 – a photo recap

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays (actually I think it is my favorite). There is just something extra special about spending time catching up with family, playing games with the kids, and eating amazing food!

This year we were lucky enough not to have to brave the roads with the boys. We stayed home and went to my Aunt S and Uncle M’s house. Their two kids (Cousin J and Cousin A) came home for the holiday. Cousin AC was also here to add to the fun, along with my parents and grandmother. In addition to this Uncle J, Aunt A, and Cousin Y all came into town. We were all surprised when we got there to see that Cousin Han was also in from Israel. I am not too sure when the last time I saw him, but it was wonderful seeing him (he is absolutely amazing with the kids – as is Cousin Y).

One realization hit hard – my little cousins have all grown up. It is so hard for me to believe how my younger cousins are almost all adults. I know this should not seem as such a shock since I am now a mother with two children of her own. Ah, the memories are wonderful and hopefully there will be many more in the years ahead.

Rather than bore everyone with what happened I am going to do it with lots of photos. Here are photos of Thanksgiving.

Here are pictures of JSL’s first Thanksgiving. As you will see being cuddly and playing with everyone made the poor little guy tired:

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Both of the boys were spoiled with lots of amazing gifts from everyone. Cousin AC gave them fun books that we will read to them often. Uncle J and Aunt A picked out FUN toys and some Chanukah books. Here are photos of JSL playing with his gift (which NHL also loves) followed by NHL playing with his neat soccer game.

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While the turkey was cooking a little bit more, and everyone was snacking on goodies before the main meal, Papa took NHL down to the basement. NHL was in heaven. He never knew that Aunt S and Uncle M have a pinball machine. It was just fixed and working again and they were having a blast. Here are some photos of NHL and Papa enjoying the pinball machine:

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Soon it was time to sit down for our amazing Thanksgiving feast. Here are photos of almost everything that was prepared by Aunt S (JL brought the pomegranate seeds and the zucchini with dried cranberry bread). 

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After dinner while cleaning up there were a few funny moments. Check out this photo and tell me what is wrong.

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Then all of the sugary goodness was set out for everyone to drool over. Here are the items we had before us:

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As previously seen JSL was exhausted from all of the excitement and even NHL fell asleep on the way home. Here is one last shot of JSL’s 1st Thanksgiving as he was peaceful in his portable highchair at the table. 

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Thanks to my entire family that was there for making it such a special day. Aunt S, you are the best and I only hope that some day I will be able to pull off a holiday feast like you do.

More photos of the weekend with everyone coming soon!

 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Where have the days of sleeping late on Thanksgiving gone?

Never mind, they are long gone. I believe the last one was 5 years ago before we conceived NHL. Oh well, the boys are well worth the lack of sleep. Unless I am just saying that thanks to sleep deprivation ;)

Since we are all still in PJ’s here, there are no new photos to share. Instead I wanted to bring back some old memories of NHL’s first Thanksgiving. (photos of JSL’s first to follow soon – his outfit is currently in an emergency wash – Ooops!)

For NHL’s first Turkey Day we went to JL’s sister’s. Here are some photos of the day. Just remember NHL was only 3 months old (JSL is 6 months old today).

Here he is sitting on Grandpa’s lap:

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I think he had a little too much turkey milk: 

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Cousin Sandy watches over sleeping NHL:

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All ready for bed after an exciting day with family: 

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Again may you and your families have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving today and for years to come!

 

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Vote for my little penguin – pretty please

Kailani, over at An Island Life, is sponsoring a Halloween photo contest. I entered my little penguin – aka Baby JSL Happy Feet. Please help me out by voting for my little guy.

Here’s the place to vote. Just scroll down under the kid photo section and look for me TheAngelForever. To see the photos I entered you can click here. Thanks in advance for your support and don’t forget to vote before November 5th.

Please support my little blue eyed penguin!!!

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C’est Moi

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