Zoe's TV debut ...

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/stage-8-presents-the-southern-connecticut-hebrew-academy#.UMZ5Z4e9KK0

Zoe and her 1st grade class at SCHA sang Hanukkah songs on the local news station.  It aired yesterday for the 3rd night of Hanukkah.  They were adorable!  Enjoy

1st 2 nights of Hanukkah

Here are the kids on the first night of hanukkah - we set up our hanukkiot (menorahs) in the kitchen window this year as now that we have the piano our 'old' spot isn't available.  This works better as now when we display our burning candles people might actually see as they drive by!  Of course we still have our light up menorah in the window too - and the house is decorated with lots of the kids old decorations from preschool.  We are using both hanukkiot the kids  made and hanukkiot we already had each night - always fun to pull all that stuff out.  No one made a hanukkiah this year, they are too big we guess.
First night was movie night, the kids got new DVDs and they watched one afterwards (Tom and Jerry). Daddy got an iPad, which he loves, well, we all love!  And Mama got a bound book of the blog so far, what a treat to look at the last 3 years of posts, can't wait for you to see it too.

On Sunday was the shul hanukkah party which Mama helped to organize.  The kids had a lot of fun - and here you see them showing the hanukkah cookies they decorated with edible paints.  They enjoyed eating them too - but they were very sweet, as Zoe gave Mama a taste of hers.

After the Hanukkah party , we lit our candles at home and Daddy and the kids posed for another picture.  The kids each lit their own hanukkiah, but Daddy helps to put the Shamash in after they light. 

The second night was presents sent from  Grammy and Grandpa - Zoe got a fashion designer set and Zachary got the Crayola light designer.  They also each got a book of Judith Voirst poems, which Zoe and Mama read some of at bedtime.  They were both excited, although the light designer was the big hit (we can see why this is a 'hot toy' this year) - kids had a lot of fun playing with it that night and in the morning.  However, Zoe also designed a beautiful dress with her kit and we think she will enjoy it for a while, plus it is a lap desk so it is good for travel.

Everyone had fun testing out the new gifts.  Thanks Grammy and Grandpa!!!!

(UN)Thanksgiving 2012 Schulman Style

It is now our annual tradition to make homemade ravioli on thanksgiving.  Daddy and the kids make the pasta while Mama makes filling and sauce.  The kids are really becoming experts at rolling out the dough - they know what to do on their own and this year made some of the raviolis by themselves.  

 The raviolis were delicious - we made three types, plain cheese, sweet potato and cheese, and mushroom.  We had cream sauce on top, it was the best yet!  We also had cheesecake which Daddy and the kids made the afternoon before.  Daddy is our resident expert pasta maker, but soon the kids will be too!

Notice the straight noodles drying from the chandelier - what a lovely centerpiece for our delicious (un)thanksgiving dinner.

10th Anniversary

Here we are posing before going out for our anniversary dinner.  Ten years, where has the time gone.  We sure have done a lot in 10 years, and we are grateful for all of it.  You can see Mama's baby belly in this picture, and that was before the ice cream we ate.  Here's to another 10+ years!

Zachary's 1st Diorama

Zachary made his 1st diorama for school.  It was for judaics and represents a battle between five kingdoms and four kingdoms.  It was very creative to build it this way (good idea Daddy).  Good job Zachary.

Making storm cookies

Mama and the kids made storm cookies in lieu of Hurricane Sandy - everything the storm blew in:  chocolate chips, dried cranberries, dried pineapple, marshmallows, nuts.  They were delicious.

Zoe lost her 2nd tooth

Zoe lost her 2nd tooth, well actually, it was dangling and Mama 'took' it out for her.  So now she has a gap and she is very proud of it.  Wonder if the tooth fairy can make it through hurricane Sandy and leave her a present?

Today Zoe went to her close friend Jacob's birthday party at the Eli Whitney Museum and made a remote control car - she decorated it and assembled it.  Pretty cool, huh?