Raising children in love and faith
This year we collaborated with our fantastic friends PJ Library Bay Area to celebrate Rosh Hashanah by exploring and modeling Tashlich, cuddling together to read one of our favorite Rosh Hashanah books, Tashlich at Turtle Rock, and then creating our own Be Your Best Self in 5786 Quilt! It’s a simple and oh-so-sweet activity that …
As many of us know, it feels especially hard to think about, let alone plan for, Hanukkah right now but I’m hoping this simple 2023 Family-Focused Hanukkah Planner may help all of us out! One of our Hanukkah family traditions is having a special family-focused theme or activity for each night of Hanukkah and we …
The special way my family celebrates Hanukkah is by engaging in family-focused activities each night after the Hanukkah meal and lighting of the candles. Choosing to focus on activities the entire family can enjoy AND taking the time to actually do these activities helps us have a holiday that’s filled with light and brightness. In …
My family is currently obsessed with games we can play together and we want to share our current favorites with you! These games are all ones we received for the recent holiday (plus some bonus favorites we’ve had for awhile!) and we LOVE them! If you are still looking for some great gifts that your …
In the past I’ve been overwhelmed by the Hanukkah week, even though it remains one of my favorite holidays. But last year I got my act together and we shifted some of the chaos away from nightly presents to nightly family-focused activities. These were activities that we chose together and did together. And we found …
When doing some computer clean-up on this post-Thanksgiving day, I ran across this note I jotted to myself at the beginning of Hanukkah last year … This year we are trying something new: opening all our gifts on the first night of Hanukkah so that we can focus on family activities the rest of the …
