Charlie's 7th Birthday

Charlie turned 7 today and had a great day playing with his new toys and eating some of his favorite foods. He's on spring break and was thrilled to not have school on his birthday. On Sunday, he'll be having a race car birthday party with friends. Once I recover from it, I'll post more pictures - we plan to have an obstacle course, scavenger hunt, and of course lots of races with matchbox cars. We went to Charlie's favorite restaurant for dinner - outdoors by the ocean with lots of fresh fish. And finished the day with chocolate cupcakes, of course!

Passover 2013 in Dakar

This year was our first Passover overseas. We went to a friend's seder for the first night and then co-hosted a seder the second night. The kids had a blast helping to get ready - from cleaning to making items for the seder table to helping me cook. It was a fun challenge to find items in Dakar - a few highlights were the fabric matzo cover, Elijah's cup (the kids glued on the jewels), kid wine cups (also made by the kids), and a local maror spice in place of horseradish. We also used a local bissap syrup in place of sweet wine for the charoset. Also pictured below is a candid of Lucy and Oyane seated and ready for the seder to start.