Well, this year the kids had a blast at our temple's Purim celebration. First there was the Carnival... which was a crazy place where the kids play games and get tickets to cash in for prizes at the end. You know, the kind of prizes that they get excited about, but that break within 10 minutes of their playing with them... Joshua decided that he wanted to find the Black marked lollipop because that would earn him 5 tickets, but he kept finding the Blue marked ones that only yielded one ticket. He played until he found one. He was pretty good about giving back all the lollipops, saying, "I don't want all the lollys, I just want the tickets." Samantha had her nails painted for the first time at the Shushan Salon, which was just a table with various bottles of nail polish and nail stickers being (wo)manned by a few teenage girls. I asked for a mild pink color, which they did and she kept saying she thought her nails looked beautiful. She is such a little diva! Benjamin went around playing various games and collecting tickets so that he could get a cool little lightsaber thingie. Joshua was very sweet and came over to me while I was playing Blackjack saying, "Mommy, look what I got you...it cost me 25 tickets. I hope you like it." It was a little red purse. So sweet of him! Zachary basically ran away every chance he got. A few times I lost him for short periods of time, but he could always be found touching something he shouldn't be near. After the Carnival was the Megillah reading, which was great. The older kids read passages from each of the 10 chapters. Then, we had Shushan Idol, the costume parade. Fun, fun, fun... Then, it was time to leave and get the kids to bed, even though the Purim Shpiel was still yet to happen. Overall, I would rate it an 8 on a 1 to 10 scale... Chag Sameach!
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