Pesach 2008

We had a blast this Passover with Idan, Amy, and Hudson and had a fun Seder Saturday night. The meal was a comedy of errors- the matzah ball soup was great except that the matzah balls were originally made with soup mix (clearly, I wasn't paying attention), the soup was strained and the new balls were dense and tough. The Kugel was in the oven for 3 hours instead of one hour (after I peeked in and decided that it needed just 5 more minutes), but like Mike said...good thing he just sharpened his teeth. The brisket turned into a rubber ball, Idan drank beer all night long and the only real success was the mint ice cream at the end. But, we all had fun and we got to the 'deep cleaning' finally today.
The weather has been so beautiful lately and all of our snow has almost finally melted....to uncover all of the leaves that we didn't get to that are still covering our yard...we're praying for some strong winds, as we don't really have the time for landscaping. But, we did make some progress today...and we learned that mowing the leaves doesn't make them go away! Here are all the pics.
Here's a video of Hudson with Idan and Yoni:


This one is a rare moment of Yoni and Sylvie playing quietly "together" (more like co-existing)- all the toys are stacked because we just washed the floor:


Finally, here'a video of the kids outside...hard to tell if it's spring or fall with all of the leaves that are still on the ground!