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a sorta seder
You know how we do the Jewish holidays half-assed around here. Well, passover was no exception. But I think we were maybe quarter-assed even this year. Last year, I did try to make the Seder plate but I didn’t have all of the stuff to put on it. So we really winged it. Really. I put a stuffed sheep in for the lamb shank and printed pictures of other stuff off the internet and cut it out and put it on the plate. We never follow the haggadah, just talk about the parts we like (like the plagues).
This year we didn’t even DO a seder plate. In my defense, I did shoot a wedding all day and just wasn’t up to cutting and pasting on the internet. Grandma cooked (so that takes care of her cooking til 2009) a delicious brisket with gush (potatoes, carrots & peas). Grandpa told the story of passover with Timmy’s help on the frog plague part. He loves that part! And we put out a glass of wine and left the front door open for Elijah. Timmy was very proud and happy to use his Matzah cover that he made at school- which he’d rather wear on his head. Jack found the afficomin (the matzah hidden around the house) and both big boys got $1.
So, "why is this night different from all other nights?"- Grandma cooked and we had matzah with dinner, and Grandma has one Jewish grandson. Happy Passover.
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The Turn- in concert {at Molloy 4-17}
My first ever live concert that I was "press" for!! I was asked by my new favorite band to come take some pictures at their show last week and it was so fun! I posted on the blog earlier how much they ROCKED IT and they really, really did. I think they totally have the stuff to make it. And when that happens, I’ll be on tour with the band (yeah, right. I’d like to think I’d be, but I’m not in the movie almost famous! Still have 3 kids to take care of. But I can dream, right!?)
I’m going to have to remember to bring earplugs for the next show. I love the music but being literally ON TOP of those huge speakers isn’t so great for your hearing. Gotta turn down the volume somehow. The lighting for the show sucked (for me) but I figured out how to work it pretty well. Some dramatic shots in there with backlighting look pretty rock n roll to me. And I found out that it is HARD to photograph the drummer- between him being so far back in no lighting and the constant motion, he turned out to be my biggest challenge.
They were so great "in concert", opening up for Big Shot who is a Billy Joel cover band. Some of my rock n roll favorites:
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boop.
okay, just one last post for today.
Timmy’s new thing- whenever he sings a song, no matter what song it is, he ends it with "boop". Right now, his favorites to sing include:
- fish heads
- the pirates song (disney)
- bingo
He hasn’t been sleeping well for whatever 3 year old reason, so right now he is working on hour 3 of his nap. I should probably wake him up soon, but the in the peace I’m getting so much work done. We went for a walk into town today (and of course he had to bring some planet heroes with) and he lost Shiver. Of all the ones to lose, that’s the worst cause it’s the most expensive and hardest to find. I even took the car out to backtrack and find it, but no luck. Luckily, grandma’s on the case on ebay and found another one. But in the meantime, he’s not happy that Shiver is missing. Therefore, me neither.
The big boys had a sleepover at Grandma & Grandpa’s last night, so it was pretty quiet here for most of the morning (hence the walk). They had a great time again– but how could they not with having a computer each!
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baseball
Trying to catch up on all my personal pictures, too! The boys started baseball like ummm……two weeks ago, and I’m just getting to post them now. Yikes! 
They are having a great time this year and I think they are really enjoying being the older kids on the team this year. John is a coach again (which the boys told him they are really happy about and that they really like that he’s at every game) and I think he actually enjoys it. Except for his back hurting. And the juggling to get them to the games is interesting. They have soccer and baseball games on the same day, plus with me working every weekend, we’ve required a lot of grandma’s and uncle nelson’s help with coordinating schedules and Timmy’s naps. But, luckily they can help out or else we would be in big trouble.
The boys told me their favorite positions this year are: Jack= catcher, 2nd base & pitcher and Patrick= 1st base, 3rd base & center field. Their hitting and fielding skills have improved a lot since last year. They’ve only played in one game so far this season (out of two- they missed one cause they went to a Mets game that night) but have spent a lot of time practicing in the backyard. I now have a nice dirt pitchers mound as well as a nice dirt batting box right here in my backyard. Just from all the wear in those spots– and no grass will grow there ever again. Someone once told me the expression "I’m raising boys, not grass". So true- gotta love that!
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the coo communion
One more communion for ya…but the season isn’t over yet! And I’m trying to catch up as much as possible.
You may recognize this family from a shoot at their house back in February. Had a great time with them yet again (well, I had a great time. I think Dad and son (and Grandpa this time too!) really have had it with me and my camera!) and hit my favorite place up at church for some portraits.
Another one of those odd 6 degrees type situations…one of the guests at the party (who is the mom’s cousin) ends up being back in the band that I’ve been doing lots of work for- The Turn. He apparently had been in the band, left for a while, and then came back. So I saw him at the communion (even though I didn’t know who he was at the time) and then again a few nights later IN the band. Small world, huh?
