riding the Metro parks tram at 3 Creeks Metro Park. We learned that some tadpole species take 3 years to become frogs-they grow in permanent bodies of water, species that develop in 1 season lay their eggs in "vernal pools" basically puddles that are only present in the Spring. We also learned to identify Sycamore trees by their bark...

Stella with her Kansas project at her school's "State Fair."

Mini Ema fixing a chocolate cake for shabbat guests pre-pesach

PesachPalooza 5769

dipping, dipping, and more dipping

Georgia with the Afikomen

We took the dipping ritual to a new level-dessert= strawberries, bananas, and matzah dipped in chocolate!

Stella singing the Ma Nishtana with pride

Celebrating with our homemade "timbrels" after crossing the Red Sea (a blue sheet from the Goodwill)

Ritual hand washing

Scarlett with the baby Moses

Me with our visual hagaddah that moved with us from room to room

Deb goes Project Runway Egypt-style while I throw "hail" on the kids

once we were slaves in Egypt. Building, building, building