Today, my big spring project at school was completed: The Kindergarten Passover Extravaganza. We learned as much as we could, did great crafts and had a lot of fun. It was a lot of work, and I am so glad it is over! The kiddies were adorable and it is such a pleasure to throw them a big party each year to celebrate the holiday. I didn’t manage to cover the unit on slavery vs. freedom as it pertains to Fair Trade Chocolate this year. (Get your fair trade slavery passover info here.) Oh well, that fight will have to be resumed next year!
Meanwhile, I have been in an absolute fog the past three weeks. You may remember I started taking ye olde pill to kick the butt of those ovarian cysts? Well, guess what, those crazy ol’ hormones about sent me over the edge. Nausea! Radical mood swings! Exhaustion! Wheee! Thanks but no thanks, I’m flushing the rest of these babies down the toilet. (Oops, sorry shared water resources!) Ok, I’ll just leave them in the drawer, but the point is I am so done with that. And lo and behold, immediately after stopping, I am a normal human again. My ovary might explode, but at least I’m not insane.
At school the K students sang a song about Passover: “These are the things we need at the seder table…” and it goes on to enumerate the important items, haggadah, three matzahs, seder plate, etc. The song insists, “But the people around the table are – WHAT WE NEED THE MOST!” Eli, Sam and I had a great conversation about this in the car. Eli actually brought it up, wondering why the song would say such a thing. I asked him what HE thought was most important. Eli said the song was just crazy, what you really needed was the food, and you could eat it by yourself. But Sam said, no, it’s the people that you need to make the memories and remember about how “we were slaves” and tell the important stories and be together. And this ladies and gentlemen, in a nutshell, captures the Essential Sam and the Essential Eli. Well, to be fair, let’s give Eli the benefit of the doubt that he’ll mature out of this egocentric phase. It’s a developmental phase, right? He’ll want to save the world too, some day, right? Anyhow, this made me think about what great thinkers my children are and how glad I am to have them in a school where they are challenged and encouraged to ask questions and come up with their own answers.
Sam, to me earlier this week: Mom, are we going to see our family soon?
Me: Yes, Sam.
Sam: Good, because if I don’t have Grandma Linda’s chicken soup soon, I don’t think I can survive!!
Finally, unrelated: The cover pattern on the new Vogue Knitting by Shiri Mor is gorgeous! I think I may have to make it for summer! Right now I’m into the February Lady Sweater. That’s going to be my travel knitting. I guess I should pack soon.
I’ll be on and off email the next two weeks! When I get back: new Wonderpants Pattern!
A Zissen Pesach! May your matzah always be accompanied by large portions of fruit.
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