Jane and her English project team were recreating Chutes and Ladders
as Homer
would have done it as Sarah
was making phone calls while Joyce
Lily
and Noah (the original man with the ark)
were eyeing the cider
as Jess
arrived and came in
followed by Ben
from PU. Gentle viewer, be advised that by this point I
was long gone to see the movie 8 Crazy Nights with Benjamin (which
was not as good as 8 Mile) and you are viewed the work of other
photographers in this section .
The evil frisbee
met the cookie dough
as the oven pre-heated
and the gang gathered
while the menorah
stood guard for even more arrivals -- Jessie
Sarah
and Ben
all of whom go to Princeton and so can read this
and tell what time it is. The gang moved
in various directions
as cars arrived
and the food appeared to amuse them
including Maggie who took all of the pictures except this one
which is not a self portrait
and even captured the glass
from which Claire
was probably going to drink as the group continued
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to do whatever it was they were doing until I got home and took back the camera
to record the last moves of the game
and Josephine
as she got the table ready
as Benjamin played on the computer
and the older kids continued to develop their game board
while the oldest kids milled around
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though Benjamin was hiding
from the television
as the group reconfigured
Sarah and
Lily
admired the table
but not to the exclusion of the phone
as Noah and Alex posed
and kids gathered
where Benjamin
and Suzanne
were welcoming Jane, Fred and Lissie
and food preparations
including applesauce
were ready when Robbie George
arrived to see the latke batter
and the condiments
as the menorah waited
and the latkes stayed warm
until served
to those assembled
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as Suzanne
let them also enjoy other foods
including this plate
prepared for Jon Huang
which may have made him happier. Rachel Weiss arrived
to see my plate
as the eating continued
to Rachel's amusement
of my next plate
and finally we could look at Jon Huang
and decide if his dinner had made him happier ( gentle viewer this is
for you to decide ).
As the dishes
went into the dishwasher
the assembled played dreidel
amidst dried fruit
pastry
and chocolate
as the candle lighting
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proceeded to the amusement of Sarah's friends
as the LL Bean package
was slowly opened
and Benjamin read his story behind the story
which was proper Feng Shui
as we now could know along with Sarah's new sweater
Jane's necklace
my shirts
and Suzanne's reading of the instructions
for Ben's game
as the next present
had a letter
of explanation and the watch
in the gold box
was opened even though we knew the time
as the globe
told us our location and some friends
prepared to leave.
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