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

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

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

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

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.