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Christmas

December 25, 2007 Family

Christmas is definitely more exciting than Hannukah, even for me, good little Jewish girl that I am. But we Jews have nothing and no-one that can compete with Santa Claus, and having grown up with Christmas at my father’s house, I’m ok with that. This year is the first year that Jonah and Owen have [...]

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First Night

December 4, 2007 Family

It’s the first night of Chanukah tonight, and I thought I’d share the service that my mom and I have created. I don’t know where she got it originally (Mom?) and I’ve done a little re-editing this year. It’s a tradition to eat fried foods for Chanukah, so latkes, here we come! FIRST NIGHT Tonight [...]

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Life Without Grandma

December 2, 2007 Family

Well the house hasn’t self destructed and I haven’t thrown myself in front of a bus. It has only been three days however, since my mother left, so there’s time yet! My mom came to stay for six weeks, and what a huge help she was: holding babies, reading books, holding babies, walking dogs, holding [...]

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Pretty Pictures

November 4, 2007 Family

Kate is almost three weeks old (how time flies) and getting so big! I swear she smiled at me yesterday. And she sleeps just like a baby… although whoever invented that expression obviously never had a baby! The boys are loving having Grandma around, and the arrival of another feminine presence at home obviously has [...]

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October 29, 2007 Family
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