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[seekingferret]

I had a nice Rosh Hashanah at my parents' house. I hadn't expected my sister and brother in law to come, because three month old, but they came, with baby in tow. Which was a trial in some ways for them, baby being particularly not so fond of going two miles in the stroller in the rain and then being surrounded by a couple hundred unfamiliar faces, but mostly it was really nice to get to spend concentrated time with them all.

My brother in law kept trolling me by shoving her in my face and saying "Quick, tell her a nursery rhyme before she gets distracted by something else." I, it turns out, do not entirely remember many nursery rhymes. When I mis-stated that 'the little boy laughed to see sport' instead of, apparently, 'the little dog laughed', she burst into tears. I doubt it was actually because I got the words to "Hey Diddle Diddle" wrong, but it doesn't hurt to start a habit of pedantry early.

I guess I'd better drill on my nursery rhymes.


My mom made pot roast and chicken and salmon and noodle kugel and various vegetables and if the davening itself was not the most concentrated and meaningful of my life, it was still a renewing way to start the new year.

Shana tova umetuka

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[brainwane]

Happy New Year!

I too have had to drill on children's chants (lullabies. lullabyes?).

[seekingferret]

Thanks!

[kass]

Shana tova umetuka to you as well, and while I'm at it, g'mar tov. :-)

[seekingferret]

Thanks!