My hubby and I spent a good portion of the day out as I had my prenatal appointment. I was there for awhile because they had to do several things. Everything went really well! We got home some time after 4:00p.m. By the time showers were taken and a little clean-up was done around the house, it was time to start our celebration.
We followed the same format as last night so I won't keep posting that night after night. Tonight I want to share with you what our candles represented, as well as some pics from last night.
Tonight, the shamash candle (servant candle) represented God. The first two candles represented Adam and Eve. God walked and talked with Adam and Eve and was their Light. After our game of dreidels, my hubby discussed the candle representations with us all. Both last night and tonight when we've discussed the meaning of the candles, other Biblical questions arose from the children. So it has turned out to not only be a time of discussing the meaning of the candles but also a time of discussing other Biblical things.
Tonight, our daughter read "A Present for Hanukkah" from the book My Favorite Hanukkah Book. Once again, she did a wonderful job!
Before our discussion of the candles and the story time, we had some cake and watched the video of the ultrasound I had today.
Now for some pics from last night.
This is actually one of those flags you can hang out in front of your house. But we choose to use it as a wall hanging in our home. It's very fun and festive looking!
This is a posterboard-type decoration that we put up. I believe my son was the one to hang it up on the door this time. It has all the candles that come with it. Each night you put up a candle and leave it there. On the eighth night you will have all the candles in place. We have this hanging on our door along with some other decorations beneath it.
Finally, here is a pic of all three of our menorahs. On the far left is our son's menorah. The middle one is our daughter's. And the one on the far right is my hubby and I's menorah. If you know anything about the position of the candles, you'll notice we had the first candle in the wrong place. Oops! Oh well, we got it right tonight. My hubby and I's menorah is the very first one we bought. We originally thought we would pass this one on to whichever child gets married first I believe. But then we ended up getting each child their own menorrah.
It's kind of hard to tell what all the little things are sitting in front of the menorahs. First, notice there are three square candles. This is a set of candles given to me by my best friend several years ago. We haven't lit them as we like to keep them for decorations. One candle has the word "Shalom" on it. One candle has a Star of David on it. And one candle has a menorah on it. In front of the candles are some dreidels as well as some stamps that you can use to make cards with. One stamp has a Star of David on it and the other stamp has a menorrah on it.
We're taking another day off of school tomorrow and I hope to do a little baking with the children. Until tomorrow night....
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