2021
Mispronounce It Sukkah! We were honored to have the grandparents join us for our first night in the (very hot) sukkah this year! Completely designed by my boys, this sukkah features foods that were once (or continue to be) mispronounced. The boys still love to laugh at how they used to say these foods (farshfellows for marshmallows, lemolade for lemonade, oogoogles for noodles, lemanos for Milanos, Chi-fil-a, aminal, psgetti, cimmanin, N-a-Ms, canpakes, and so on). Blue tags are for #bannerboone’s mispronounced foods, burgundy for #quinnredding, and green for #knoxmorgan. We even ate on (Quinn’s) “wellow” plates! As Knox says, “Halleyulah!” It’s finally sukkah time!!
Toy Sukkah! Our nephews/cousins, Miles and Colby, and friend, Caitlyn’s, joined us in the sukkah tonight for a toy-themed dinner featuring Dominoes (pizza), Strawberry (Shortcake), corn (poppers), Potato (Head), Cabbage (Patch Doll), Pound (Puppy) Cake, and Cookie (Play) Dough on Lego plates. Hearts and bellies are full! Each year, we ask our guests to sign the sukkah. Miles got prime real estate on the top of the structure since he is so tall! We also loved comparing the shoe sizes of our kindergartner and our senior!
Idiom Sukkah! Quinn came up with tonight’s theme months ago and didn’t need to butter me up to get his way! He really used his noodle! I could just eat him up! We loved having Uncle Marc, Aunt Debbi, and Natalie break bread with us! We got to have our cake and eat it too while learning about these expressions. A cloud 9 cake, candy from a baby, bigger fish to fry, spilled beans, (not so) cold turkey, silver platters, and eggs in a basket were just a few items in our spread. Sorry if this is too cheesy, but I’m proud of my boy, and that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
F.R.I.E.N.D.S. - The One in the Sukkah! It’s Thursday night… Friends Night… so of course we invited the friends I’ve had for decades to join us tonight! We missed a few who couldn’t make it, but what a fun night this was. I’ve been excited about this potluck idea since right after our Friends Reunion in June. We had lasagna, Rachel’s special trifle (with a layer of “meat sautéed with peas and onions”), mashed potatoes (3 different kinds because that’s how Monica does it), Joey’s “Mmmm, Noodle Soup,” Ross’s turkey sandwiches with the “moist maker” thanks to Gretchen, Nestle Toulouse cookies and Monica’s “special” salad thanks to Bari, Mama’s Little Bakery cheesecake thanks to Cherie, hot mockolate, and even drank “the fat!”
On the Map Potluck Sukkah! We invited our friends to bring a dish (or two or three) whose name represents a location. We had Texas chili, Israeli salad, Belgian waffles, Fuji apples, Lima beans, American salad with French, Italian, & Greek dressings, Oaxaca, Monterey, & Swiss cheeses, Kentucky fried chicken, New York cheesecake, and Baked Alaska. The kids wore shirts with locations too: Grand Cayman, Israel, New Mexico, Texas, and Memphis. The kids were playful (and loud), the conversation was deep, the weather was amazing, and the company was heartwarming!
“I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating” in our….. Wait for it… wait for it… Hamilton Sukkah! This is the sukkah “where it happens,” and “if you don’t know, now you know!” Sam grilled Aaron BURRgers, I cut up 3 Fundamental Fruits, cooked some (It Must Be) Rice, & made a “World Turned Upside Down” Cake, the Pierce crew brought Satisfried Chicken, and we set out some Guns & Chips, some “History Has Its Fries On You,” some Blow (Us All Away) Pops, and (I Am Not Throwing Away My) Shots. I can’t tell you “how the sausage gets made,” but the the only thing missing from our kosher sukkah was A.Ham. We loved watching the movie, singing along with the music, and chatting & playing together. “One last time”… Happy Sukkot!
