A Happy Easter and Passover To all!
What a beautiful time of year this is. Children are scampering around the green lawn looking for pastel colored eggs and the Jewish folks are all constipated from the 10,000 Matzoh we have eaten since Monday. Matzoh, for those who don't know, is a tasty version of cardboard. It is the only type of bread we are able to eat over the 8 days of passover. In all seriousness, This is a great time of year. Us Midwesterners had a better winter than many of the other parts of the country.
The Seder on Tuesday night went very well, everyone enjoyed the foods that Kathy and I made. I did have to endure more BALD joke from my family but the hair is growing back...slowly. We had the typical adult and children's table. Sitting at the Children's table were my two nephews 15 and 20 y/o and my father and myself 77 and 46 y/o. And we all acted like a bunch 13 y/o children , we giggled and laughed through the whole thing. It started when my nephew's tried to find a yarmulke (Jewish Beanie) for me. First of all, they all seemed to fall off my bald head. We considered glue, pins and staples. Finally we found one that stayed on. It was fine until I was enjoying my lovely bowl of Homemade Matzoh Ball Soup. I bent down to take my first spoonful and like a skier going down the slick snow of the mountain, so did my yarmulke sliding right down my hairless forehead and landing directly in my hot bowl of soup. My nephew swooped in to rescue the beanie from the soup. The soup and matzoh ball minus the yarmulke was delicious. It was actually the most fun I have had at the Seder in a long time.
Now, I have never celebrated Easter, but I have dressed up as the Easter Bunny. In my 3rd year of College, I was lucky enough to Co-write, Direct and act in the Parent's Weekend Show. It was a trip through a year of Holidays with two different families. The scene had the two families doing the bunny hop for their Children's Easter Pageant. Now acquiring a Bunny costume for a big guy was not easy. They added a lot of panels to my costume. I do have to admit that my fuzzy tail was adorable. Now we had some quick costume changes so I had to get in and out of my bunny suit quite quickly. Of course on the night of the performance I got stuck in my damn Rabbit suit. I think it took about four people to get me out of the bunny suit. It was not a pretty site!
Now to the most Important Holiday of the week...Papa's Birthday. My Dad turned a young 77 on the 3rd. Since it's Passover we couldn't have his favorite butter cream frosted cake. Now my Dad gets everyone a butter cream cake on our birthdays, not because we like it, but because He LOVES it. My nephew Ben got him the best gift. My Dad had put together the family story over the years and My nephew put it all into hard cover book and has published it. I helped by including some family pictures. It is a wonderful gift that will live on in our Family for ages.
Do you have a funny Holiday story..If so, please share it. In the mean time, Have a great Holiday!
Be renewed, Be joyous and Be Superb!
R
What a beautiful time of year this is. Children are scampering around the green lawn looking for pastel colored eggs and the Jewish folks are all constipated from the 10,000 Matzoh we have eaten since Monday. Matzoh, for those who don't know, is a tasty version of cardboard. It is the only type of bread we are able to eat over the 8 days of passover. In all seriousness, This is a great time of year. Us Midwesterners had a better winter than many of the other parts of the country.
The Seder on Tuesday night went very well, everyone enjoyed the foods that Kathy and I made. I did have to endure more BALD joke from my family but the hair is growing back...slowly. We had the typical adult and children's table. Sitting at the Children's table were my two nephews 15 and 20 y/o and my father and myself 77 and 46 y/o. And we all acted like a bunch 13 y/o children , we giggled and laughed through the whole thing. It started when my nephew's tried to find a yarmulke (Jewish Beanie) for me. First of all, they all seemed to fall off my bald head. We considered glue, pins and staples. Finally we found one that stayed on. It was fine until I was enjoying my lovely bowl of Homemade Matzoh Ball Soup. I bent down to take my first spoonful and like a skier going down the slick snow of the mountain, so did my yarmulke sliding right down my hairless forehead and landing directly in my hot bowl of soup. My nephew swooped in to rescue the beanie from the soup. The soup and matzoh ball minus the yarmulke was delicious. It was actually the most fun I have had at the Seder in a long time.
Now, I have never celebrated Easter, but I have dressed up as the Easter Bunny. In my 3rd year of College, I was lucky enough to Co-write, Direct and act in the Parent's Weekend Show. It was a trip through a year of Holidays with two different families. The scene had the two families doing the bunny hop for their Children's Easter Pageant. Now acquiring a Bunny costume for a big guy was not easy. They added a lot of panels to my costume. I do have to admit that my fuzzy tail was adorable. Now we had some quick costume changes so I had to get in and out of my bunny suit quite quickly. Of course on the night of the performance I got stuck in my damn Rabbit suit. I think it took about four people to get me out of the bunny suit. It was not a pretty site!
Now to the most Important Holiday of the week...Papa's Birthday. My Dad turned a young 77 on the 3rd. Since it's Passover we couldn't have his favorite butter cream frosted cake. Now my Dad gets everyone a butter cream cake on our birthdays, not because we like it, but because He LOVES it. My nephew Ben got him the best gift. My Dad had put together the family story over the years and My nephew put it all into hard cover book and has published it. I helped by including some family pictures. It is a wonderful gift that will live on in our Family for ages.
Do you have a funny Holiday story..If so, please share it. In the mean time, Have a great Holiday!
Be renewed, Be joyous and Be Superb!
R
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