Sabbath Day celebration

First the Preparation:

Celebrating the Sabbath was a way to commemorate the Day of Rest at the end of the creation week.

In preparation of the Friday Sabbath dinner, this week we read Genesis 1

and colored posters indicating the days of creation. Here is Everett's ( K) rendering of the all that was made by God during Creation. I particularly love his angels hovering over God as He rests on the 7th day.

Mackenzie was my

helper for the braiding of the challah bread. She loves to be in the kitchen and couldn't help but put her new skills to work after practicing on her dolls this summer.

After 20 minutes resting and 30 minutes in the oven, you get this.......

Both girls worked on the Sabbath covering for the bread. We used a piece of fabric that I had from my long-passed sewing days and some fabric markers. There was a moment of panic when they spelled Sabbath wrong but you can see that we

squeezed in the extra 'B'. No one was the wiser and we got to work setting the table with candles, cloth napkins and wine glasses for everyone.

Todd got home right before this picture so I didn't have time to prep him on what he would doing during this special meal. As usual, he rose to the occasion, made some jokes about the fact that I made PORK for the first Jewish feast of the year- haha- shush- it's one of my best dishes and it's soooo tasty. I did explain that this is not what the people of Israel would have eaten.

hey- I am trying here.....

You can see Todd's script in front of him.

It was his job to recite most of the prayers so I typed them out for him. He did manage to get silly about halfway through so the kids are laughing in this picture...... Something about a typo and the word 'nut' in the wrong place. He really just can't help himself!

And one last shot, the teacher and her three favorite students!

Great first week of school. I only counted one - are we done yets?- but saw lots of smiles, determination and focus. Structure was missed this summer I believe!

I am so blessed to be able to have this time with them and I wouldn't have it any other way.