Our first night of Chanukah was really fun. In fact, all day was pretty fun. I took the twins to the local playground, but it started to pour right as we got there, so we ran under the climbing toy for shelter and had a snack.
On the way to and from the playground we pass a Starbucks, so I thought it would be fun to stop in to dry off and get a warm drink. It looked like the only thing open in the neighborhood because it was really hopping. The twins split a hot chocolate (which they called "iced mocha with whip" of course). They met a new friend named Alex, who they called "Raspberry" because he was drinking a raspberry yogurt.
Right before Chanukah started, we visited Candycane Lane and gawked at the amazing light displays.
Chanukah was just the males, everyone else is out of the country. The twins got Bob the Builder toys from (Great-)Uncle Neil and Aunt Judy, which they really loved and didn't put down from the time they opened them until the time they went to bed tonight.
We sang songs, ate chocolate gelt, and played dreidel (which for the twins means "grab the dreidel as soon as it starts spinning").
Posted by joe at December 25, 2005 10:20 PM