Seder Tots

For the first time since we added the kiddos to our mix, we hosted a seder for passover.  It was a modest feast with no hagaddah and only a brief discussion of the holiday.  We orchestrated it so that it was set up exactly like "circle time" in a preschool.  Miles (age 2.5) managed to ask the leading question of the seder, "Why is this night different from all other nights?" Everyone cheered, including Miles.

The search for the afikomen (a big cracker wrapped up in cloth) was perhaps the funniest part of the evening.  The kids were so excited about the prizes they would get if they found the hidden object, that they could barely focus their eyes.  They danced and shrieked for 10 minutes.  By the end, all the adults were literally pointing at it in the bookshelves.  Eventually Pearl "discovered" it.  With Nerf balls for everyone, the rollicking continued.  By 8 p.m. we were all exhausted. 

Next year in Jerusalem?  I sort of doubt it, but you never know.