Passover in Madison Part 2

The next day saw the arrival of the Provan's.  We had a few moments to catch up with each other when the women all departed  for a little sort of surprise for Sarah.

Could it be that there was some more Champagne?

Any chance these two are related:

 

    Sunday night Chad and Rachel were sent off to celebrate their anniversary.  Sarah and Alex volunteered to take on the babysitting duties.  Eventually Rachel stopped calling every hour to check on things which were well in hand.  The Grandparents eventually left and Noah and Eva were the ideal house guests.

Monday Morning saw an early morning return to the kitchen.  Food to be cooked, tables and chairs to be rounded up. Kids to be enjoyed. Did I say food to be cooked?   Noah did a great job setting the table.  He did have some assistance, but he made a good share of the decisions.

The Mother's Club - some dispute on who's in charge!        

   The Seder started at 5:00 PM Swedish Time.  We enjoyed the presence of the Swedish contingent via Skype on the iPad.  Debra, Nils, and Ami joined us with Debra lighting the candles to start the holiday.     We've tried the Skype thing before, but before this it was disappointing.  First off was the fact that it was after Midnight in Sweden and then there was no sense of communication.    This year we put the iPad in the middle of the table and Debra was free to put in her two cents and we could talk freely with the Swedes.  Then of course there was the discussion of the importance of questions for the holiday.  When asked if he had any questions, Noah started things off with "When are we going to eat?"  We learned what "Why is this night different" sounds like in Swedish and we were off with everyone sharing the reading and discussion.

       We signed off the iPad for dinner.  The food, as expected, was incredible.  Besides a wonderful assortment of dishes for the meal, the desert of Strawberries Romanoff was a big hit.  No one left hungry.
  Still not quite sure about what Debra subbed as gluten free Matzah.  Never considered the implications of a gluten free diet on Passover food, let alone the challenge (OK impossibility) of finding Pesadic products in Smalandsstenar.  After the meal, Noah, Leslie and Caroline helped by finding the Afikomen and we hooked back up with the Swedes.  We finished off with a good round of songs and then Norm impressed us all with his rendition of Chad Gadya.

                                                           Next year in Tully.