We kicked off Chanukah Saturday night with a party at the Omaha Children’s Museum. The under-8 crowd had free reign of the museum for the evening, and dinner was an assortment of tasty treats from a kid-friendly buffet. Naturally, my picky eater only wanted to eat a brownie. Walking/crawling around the museum for an hour must have made him very thirsty, though, because he chugged two juice boxes.
Now, except for Gatorade and Pedialyte when he’s been sick, Levi has never drank juice before. It’s either milk or nothing. But he finished his milk in the car before he arrived, and I could tell he was desperate to drink something. I probably should have rinsed out his sippy cup and filled it with water, but I didn’t think of that. I say should have because I’m pretty sure that drinking all of that juice is the reason why Levi projectile vomited at the table in front of our rabbi and his family.
Side note: Our rabbi is around my age, and I’m actually good friends with his wife. They have a little one who plays with Levi. So it wasn’t as horrifying as it could have been had they been strangers. Or old and stodgy. But it was still pretty miserable.
Lucky for you, I don’t have any photographs from our experience at the museum. But here are some photos of how we celebrated the second night Chanukah yesterday:
- Levi loved playing with the Jewish star window clings my mom sent last year
- JB made his grandma’s latkes (we’re gonna smell like fried onions until the holiday ends!)
- Levi devoured most of his latke
- Our menorah–I love the ombre-style candles
- Opening presents
To all those celebrating… Happy Chanukah!
PS: Levi’s first Chanukah–he was so small!
Aw, poor little fella! At least he looks super cute with his haircut! 🙂 Happy Chanukah!
thanks, ashley!
Great pix. Glad you didn’t include the museum experience. Did Levi light his menorah? He looks like he’s being very cautious about the latke before he dives in. What is JB putting in the latkes that comes from a can? I thought and thought but am totally mystified.
Baking powder! Potatoes, onions, whole wheat flour, baking powder, eggs and a whole lotta oil. I salted the mixture very lightly, but since PJ goes applesauce while I do sour cream, chives, salt and pepper I didn’t want to ruin her experience. This is a once a year thing, after all 😉
Happy Chanukah! Just wanted to say thanks for the recommendation on your blog last year for the Land of Nod wooden menorah – our little guy is loving it this year (he’s now almost 17 mos so he’s old enough to not just try to eat it!). Also wanted to commiserate on the projectile vomiting – after a night of latkes (but mostly of oranges and seltzer) we also had a vomiting episode… in the car. Not pleasant, but at least not in front of the rabbi 😉 Hope Levi is feeling better!
happy chanukah to you, too! i’m so glad that your little guy is having fun with that menorah. a few months ago we had a horrific vomiting experience in our car. it’s actually what motivated us to upgrade from the infant carrier to the convertible car seat! hope your son is feeling better!
How cute is it that your husband responded directly to a comment on your blog? Pretty sure mine has read my blog all of three times ever.
Thought of you today when I had to bring in my dreidels and share “our hanukkah traditions” during storytime at the library – though it sounds like Omaha has a bigger Jewish population than it used to when my husband was growing up there! Poor Lorelei was under the microscope from all the other kids, and she doesn’t even know what’s going on (but dances like a mad fool to the dreidel song, at least). Happy candle lighting and latke eating to you all!