A Day of Firsts

Noah and I had our first meal in the sukkah today when it stopped drizzling around lunch time. Grilled cheese and apple slices. He was thrilled. We even had time to put up the lights and  some beads.

Dessert in the sukkah. (Don't worry--the candles are fake.)

Our first guests arrived this afternoon--Noah and Evelyn's cousins Elissa and Jacob and my sister-in-law Elana, followed by Eric's brother Adam. The kids had a blast sitting in the sukkah stringing beads and making posters to decorate. Elissa brought an adorable decoration with paper fruit that she made at daycare. It rained during the kids' dinner time, but then we got to eat dessert out there. The kids even shook the lulav and etrog for the first time.


Who would have guessed that having a sukkah would be so much fun? By the way, etrogs smell amazing. Ours is in our dining room and every time I walk by it's like I'm getting a whiff of the world's best air freshener.