We were starting to enter the home stretch (for Hannukah
if nothing else) and so decided to assemble the masses for dinner.
Kaylen
arrived and everyone gathered around the table
for pasta
artichokes
broccoli
raw vegetables
salad
and bread.
Claire
Jess
and Sarah
were at one end of the table with Kaylen,
Jane,
Kaylen's wedding camera,
and the Szabos
at the other. Ben
and Suzanne
were looking at Josephine's Guatemalan Xmas feast
as Suzanne
brought the time
and the chicken
to us.
The shamos was lit
then the first
second
third
fourth
fifth, sixth
and seventh, eighth
candles so that we could turn to the other menorah and light them up
before embracing the 3rd menorah
and the Lego menorah
and getting the dreidels
ready for action.
Jane gave me a wonderful book
as the other presents waited
and the Lord and Taylor bag
emerged along with Ben's
Oh Yuck book. Sarah got a shirt
and Jane got memory
and a camera
then Sarah (with her new shirt on) got a camera
while Jane checked out her gifts
to Ben's amusement
and Sarah worked on her camera
before Suzanne sat down
and the candles
started burning low.
Sarah
then Jane
then Sarah again
got their camera together as Ben
played dreidel. The cameras
were clicking
as Suzanne returned to her knitting
and Suo and friends
showed up to tell about life in Massachusetts
while the DDR
got installed
so that the action could begin on the floor
and on the screen
while Suzanne tried to untie
and Ben watched
as the computer games continued
and Suzanne
spread her yarn while Jane
watched the game as the boys posed
and the next round
began.
Before going to sleep, Ben recorded his socks on the floor
and in his bed.
While we were busy, a new group assembled
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