With the support of GG and Grandpa, Finley, Dagny and I celebrated our first Sukkot this year. GG sent Finley three children's books about Sukkot last week in preparation for the holiday. The books were a HUGE hit (especially Engineer Ari and the Sukkot Express) and we have been reading them over and over since UPS delivered them. GG and Grandpa arrived early this afternoon with plans to make a sukkah of our own. Finley had the lingo for this holiday down and so after his nap today, we got to work "building" our sukkah. Now, we are a bit out of compliance for this holiday since the sukkah is supposed to be built (our porch has been around some 30+ years probably) and you are supposed to be able to see the stars through the thatched roof (we can't see them through the roof, but we can through the screens). However, it's the thought that counts, right? Gilda and Murray put up some strings and then we started hanging decorations--Finley was an eager participant passing grapes and leaves to his GG.
He was jealous that GG got to use the stepladder, so Finley tried it out though the extra elevation did not really help our decorating scheme.
Dagny watched in awe and enjoyed all the buzz.
Then, it was time to say some prayers. GG and Grandpa brought some Sukkot accessories that we had read about in the books we had been reading, including an etrog and a lulav (see children's jewish learning webpage here for more info: http://www.bje.org.au/learning/judaism/kids/holydays/sukkot.html). They brought real ones and plush ones. GG shook the real ones and Finley the plush, he was stoked to have his own!
We ordered some Indian food and enjoyed eating it out in our Sukkah this evening. Something tells me Finley will want to eat breakfast out there tomorrow morning, too :)
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