10/16/2011

Sukkot has hit and we've gotten to eat in the sukkah a bunch of times. Papa has managed to eat every meal in one sukkah or other because it basically stopped raining the afternoon of the first evening of sukkot, just in time for us to complete the sukkah construction.

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Okay, despite what it looks like here, I have not been sent into the time-out corner of the sukkah. Fact of the matter is that we are putting up our sukkah in the front yard, and I'm helping. Can I come out of the corner now?

 Here, have some more schach. I love saying that--the spit just flies out and there's nothing anybody can or will do about it. Schach, schach, schach.

 Here Teddy--want some schach? HEY--stop spitting on me (says Teddy)

Alert--there's big prowlers lurking on the outside of our sukkah. Oh wait, false alarm, it's just the pizza delivery boy. Did somebody say pizza?

The nearly endless task of tying down the walls will soon be complete, then it'll be somebody else's turn to stand in the corner.

 I'm a little low on spit now, so I'll start on the lights. At our friends house we commented on the fortuitousness of being able to use xmas lights in the sukkah and they said that they were blinky lights, not xmas lights. Whatever--they're really cheap on 12/26 so we just keep buying more of them.

 And my oh my do they ever look nice in our sukkah. We've spied people slowing down to take a look. An across-the-street neighbor was admiring the way the whole thing we lit up.

It's pretty funny at night--when you're sitting in it, you can't really see out, but you can totally see in from the outside. These things are not high security.

 Especially because it only has three walls.

 The big bad wolf would laugh at the ceiling as well, but we were just following the directions. Besides, we know what to do when threatened by wolves.

 Hot pepper is one thing you can do to them. Did somebody say pizza a couple frames ago?

 Must have more pepper. Mmmmmm.

 We went to our friends Ellie, Dana, and Esther's house to have dinner in their sukkah, and they had this great game for German Nerds (Think Geek's words, not ours) Settlers of Catan, which Teddy and I enjoyed until Esther's friend Oliver started hiding pieces. I guess we should thank our parents for not having any more children.

 What do you think he means by that? I think maybe I'll have to hide some puzzle pieces now to keep up with mischievous reputation.

Shh, don't tell anybody, but I ate one of the pieces. Needed more fiber in my diet anyway, and the chow mein design looked tasty.

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10/2/2011

Happy New Year everybody. May you all be sealed in the Book of Life in the coming year. Considering there's only about 4 or 5 people that read this site, this shouldn't be too much to ask. We were upset to miss school but we let our teachers know in advance so they wouldn't dock us for missing tests and not turning in homework on time, and they were okay with us being out.

Papa's birthday was today, but he spent it mostly under a rock after watching his precious Raiders get beaten soundly. We didn't even get a rice krispie cake--YOU OWE US, BUSTER! Lets go find the Red Vines--that traitor owes us!

My (Willie) polyhedron crafting is hitting new heights in complexity--I am now making them using nothing but a straight edge and a compass (and scissors and tape) but I'm making 92 sided pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda and rhombocubeoctohedrons. Don't understand? Welcome to the club, which does not include me in its membership.

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 The overturned turtle can't possibly get off his back.

 Try as he might, his shell keeps him down, vulnerable to attack by his enemies...

Enemies? Okay, I'm up--I'm up. And this polyhedron is nuclear powered so one false move and KABLAMMERS!!!!!

 Must be New Year's because papa is making up babka recipes again. This time he made challah dough and rolled it up with thick chocolate goo and chocolate chips inside. It was very tasty, but pretty bready too.

Our favorite part was the middle and working outward.

 Mmmm, chocolate babka. You are welcome to keep experimenting, and I'll even agree to continue being your test subject.

 Maybe you could put thai chili's in the babka, or jalapenos or habaneros.

 Oh heck, just give me more chocolate and comics and nobody will get hurt.

 Prepare to get hurt--your ears that is.

Tekiyah--BLAZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!

 So when I say "there there, little man" to papa, I really mean it. And now that Samson has cut his hair, he's lost about two inches of height as well. There there, little man.

EEEEEEEKKKKKK--some Delilah cut my hair--what am I to do now? I know, stubble of doom! Scratchy scratchy!

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