(come on, you know you love the adam sandler song no matter how cheese it is…we can still bring it out every single year. you are singing it now, aren’t you? come on, people, it’s all we’ve got.)
so, i managed to make it though night #1 on Chanukah/Hanukah/Hannukah (whatever, choose your own adventure here) on my own. and we all survived. Well, not entirely on my own…Nanny Haydee bathed them and made latkas. yes! my filipina nanny makes potato latkas!
we lit candles:
we opened some presents:
****EDIT: Josh is making this face because apparently buying him Rataoullie wasn’t enough of a gift. Then i told him he was welcome to swap with Isabella for her Little Mermaid. He stopped real quick-like.
and we ate dreidel cookies:
mmm…dreidel cookies.
i have this problem. i can’t walk into a bakery and buy one thing. i went in last night to buy 5 cookies. one for each kid, and two for me. (just kidding, one for Haydee too) i walked out with 13. i don’t even know how it happened. i had good intentions, people. but still, somehow i managed to buy 13. the husband knows he can’t ever send me in. if he sends me in to get bagels, i come out with 4 cinnamon buns. if i go in to buy a pie, i buy a pie and a cake and some brownies. it’s a sickness, really.
the truth is, right now i have ZERO appetite. this cold is killing my desire to eat anything but soup. imagine what i would have bought had i wanted to eat. (i still managed to eat 2 cookies, even without a desire for food. yes, i have issues)
happy channukah! sounds like you’re making the holiday very special and fun for your kids!
That doesn’t even LOOK like Joshi! Funny! Feel better, huh? 🙂
COOOOOOOOKIES! Well, never send the two of us into a bakery then. I can never decide so end up buying everything! LATKAS (latkkes, latkes…) I LOVE YOU! Yum.
Happy Hannukah!
happy channuka Ali,that pic of joshie is hilarious…and come on how can you not like cookies…..
Happy Hannukah! I hope your 8 nights are enjoyable. I’m ok with the sweets but I have trouble getting away with only one of anything savory…especially the little hamburgers at McD’s.
HAHAHAH! I love your little guy’s face in that picture.
And if I lived anywhere near a bakery, I would weigh 800 pounds. Sad, but true.
well .. I see my comment is original..lol..
what is Josh doing? What do boys do that in front of the camera lol .. my son too.. although his school pic turned out remarkably well!
mmmmmm… cookies!
Enjoy Hanukah .. you will be exhausted by next week! (or broke Lol) ..
Your sons face is priceless in this one! I have that problem wiht bakeries too. Whatever looks good, I buy!!
Your son looks thrilled with his present…what did you give him a Strawberry Shortcake dvd???!!!