Did you survive First Days?

amother

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Thu, Apr 25 2024, 1:57 pm

amother Orange wrote:

Amazing. This is the first year EVER I got to nap erev yom tov. I barely actually slept becuase once child #2 was asleep child #1 woke up soon after and I'm a VERY light sleeper. Heard them leave their room, go for a drink then look for a book....
But the downtime was amazing. The baby and 4 to took an extra extra long nap. Amazing too.
Kids behaved exceptionally well and were gracious to each other. Even the teenaging hormonal monster preteen was nice to everyone. A rare treat.
With a few hiccups mostly it's lasting this change.
I'm hoping it stays all of life lol. At least till the end of yomtov.

My kids looked so crisp in their white dresses for the seder. And felt like a million bucks in their new expensive shoes. (I usually buy white target Mary Jane's or ballet shoes like that. This year we bought them local store shoes. They felt amazing
And they were excited for their gifts (Also unusual) The girls got new hagadas for their age with interesting mashalim and stories. They've been reading it since.
and my son for his children's kittel. He felt AH-MAY-ZING. They each got their own seder plate and helped set it up together. It also avoided the passing things along and making a mess. Everything was so "m'sidder" and neat.
Grape juice pouted freely everywhere (and I mean EVERYWHERE! LOL. Tyh for napkins) and wine was good and light too.
The baby was fascinated for a long long time watching what was going on then Going to play in the living room just off the dinning room and came back to check in every now and then.
After afikomen kids got tired and went to bed.
Second day, the older ones weren't as well behaved becuase instead of napping in the afternoon they were giggling and being silly. And so they were tired at night.
2nd kid also had pinworms and the meds didnt help. So I went around knocking on doors looking for garlic or kyolic. Bh we eventually found and that helped. So we could continue the seder. But it wasn't too bad. They went to sleep earlier. My son stayed up till the end enjoying the singing.

Allover it was an amazing few days.

We went to visit family after the zman and stayed waaay to late until the kidd were starting to fall asleep. We came home past 1 and 2 of the 4 kids are still sleeping. Hence my ability to post. 😀

It hasn't always been this way. One of my kids was sick for many years and after a lot of siattah dishmaya and painful days weeks and years we are where we are.
And I so appreciate what we have!!!!

TYH!

Your post made me smile