Stretching the Holidays...

You know Holidays are supposed to be on certain dates but I got Natureman to accept the fact if the kiddos can't join us on one of the nights of Chanuka we could still celebrate after the holiday was over. Like seriously, isn't the point being together? 

Kylie and Abby

In fact our original invite coincided with the date when the daughter-in-law was gathering for an early Christmas celebration with her family. Unfortunately for all, their household ended up sick with the season's croupy cough and fever. When you have kids, it's inevitable one of them is going to bring it home. 

Anyhoo - Natureman assured me the crew was well so  we could celebrate Chanuka on the 11th night. (remember there are really only 8) We lit the memorah, said prayers, sang a song or two, chowed down on Natureman's latkes (potato pancakes), had the traditional 'hot and cold' gift search and of course played dreidl, the top game. 

Kylie, the eldest of the littles was appointed official dessert maker. Here she is hard at work doing a great job assembling the dessert dreidls. She can tell you only need 4 ingredients:

pretzel sticks
marshmellows
frosting
chocolate kisses

First a pretzel stick is stuck in one end of the marshmellow after which frosting is applied to the other end.

                The unwrapped kiss is placed on top of the frosting.

Chocolate stays on thanks to the frosting.

And voila we have a finished product... 

                         Wishes for a Happy & Healthy 2015

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                            The End of the Rainbow Valley!