Seder

So Maddie had a date today, and believe me that's weird for a dad to write for the first time.  But there it is, and she had a nice time.  Of course, there were other "get-togethers" before, including the Harlem Globetrotters day and dying eggs recently.  But this time they were on their own at Zaxby's, and then after that over at his house with his parents for a really long time this afternoon.  The two of them watched "Newsies," which she loves.  It's the stage musical version that she enjoys more.  Afterwards, they went for a walk, ending a good day together.

Mom was busy making costuming for the Easter production, and I was out shopping a good portion of the day, plus getting ready for Easter.  The weather is cooler - I got some lawn material, but I'll have to wait until later to use the weed n' feed.  But things are coming along.  Speaking of which, we have squirrel #99 transported.  Still have a few more to go.

 

As mentioned, Passover is here, and so tonight we had our Passover Seder, a meal where we honored the important tradition remembering the events found in the book of Exodus.  Mom had spent some time as always setting things up.  Of course, we had the proper plate and settings, but there's also this apple charoset that she made today.  There's that, the egg, the parsley and the salt water, the horseradish, the matzo bread, and the wing (we don't do a lamb).  We had a guide booklet, and and sort of went through things together, drinking from our grape juice the three times, leaving the fourth time for dipping our fingers in the juice and calling out the ten different plagues.  We read Psalms 113, 114, and later on Psalm 118 as well.  We told the story of the Exodus as part of the meal too, in addition to the explanations of all the symbology.

We left a place open for the Messiah, and we even opened the door at the right time, letting him know he was welcome in.  We ate our latkes that Mom and I prepared and cooked up earlier, and that was largely it when we agreed that we would do this again "next year in Jerusalem." 

It was all very nice.  No doubt we were far from perfect in our presentation, but I think our hearts were in the right place.  In fact, immediately afterwards, we watched "Prince of Egypt," which of course shows portions of the Exodus story with beautiful animation and music.  

Afterwards, it was time for bed. We read from our book, and said our prayers - and then it was time for sleep. We've got church tomorrow - it's Palm Sunday!  We'll have a good day, but first, it's time to sleep.