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| Tonight at Chandler's Packmeeting the boys went on a Safari. We all got to make animal face masks; what does the fox say? |
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| Beautiful Cheetah! |
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| Chandler made a lion mask. |
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| Tonight on the Safari, Chandler received his Webelos. |
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| Aaron ad Chandler tell about each one of his Webelos Activity Pins and what he had to do to earn them. |
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| I love this Smile. What a happy Boy! |
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| Way to go Chandler You have worked so hard and are even closer to your Arrow of Light. |
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Crystal & Steve Brown invited us over for the first night of Hanukkah!
We watched a little clip about Hanukkah,
Do you know why the Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah?
Hanukkah celebrates two miracles
1-A great Jewish Military victory
2-A miraculous supply of oil for the Temple.
The Maccabees (Israelites) were the leaders of a Jewish Army who defeated Seleucid Empire.
The Maccabees went back to their temple and were trying to find oil to light the Eternal Fire. (This signifies that God's presence is there all that time.) They didn't have very much "Pure" oil they found enough pure oil to burn for one night. The oil that was only suppose to last one day, lasted 8 days.
That is why the Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah for 8 days. The Menorah has nine holders. The ninth holder is called shames ("Helper" or "Servant") the shame is what you use to light the other candles.
Each night you add another candle until you reach all 8 days on the Menorah.
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| Steve and Daisy chilling before the festivities start. |
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| Jessie Schram was there to celebrate with us. |
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| Little Miss Pollyanna wasn't feeling so good. This is where she stayed most of the night. |
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The kids got to play Dreidel.
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| Dreidel has four Hebrew letters. They stand for "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, meaning "A great miracle occurred there" |
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| Dreidel is a traditional Hanukkah game. Everyone starts out with 10 pieces of candy. At the beginning of each round, every participant puts one game piece into the center "Pot" you take turns spinning the dreidel. |
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| When the dreidel lands, it lands on one of the four sides that side determines what you do with your candy. Nun=nothing, Gimel=Everything, Hei=half, Shin=add to the pile. |
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| You continue until you are out of candy. The kids had so much fun and really got into the game. |
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Crystal read us a Hanukkah book called,
"Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat" by Naomi Howland
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| While the kids played several rounds of Dreidel, Crystal and I made some Latkes. |
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| Polly, wasn't feeling good. Poor girl. She so wanted to try and eat a Latkes. You serve the Latkes with apple sauce, or Sour cream. |
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| More Dreidel Fun. The kids just couldn't stop playing. |
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| Look at Franky, and Chandler's faces. They tell the entire STORY. |
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| The Latkes, cooking. The recipe was 4 potatoes shredded in a bowl with cold water. You strain the potatoes in a cheese cloth to get all the water out. You whip 2 eggs with some salt and pepper add the strained potatoes and diced onions and cook them in Hot Olive Oil. |
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| Harley, was in a candy coma. |
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| Steve, taking and putting Polly to bed. Nighty Night little girl. Hope you feel better tomorrow. |
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| Crystal & Tina. What a super fun night, Love you, Friend. Can't wait to celebrate Hanukkah next year December 6, 2015 December 24, 2016 December 12 2017 |
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| Kayden's first High School Play was The Kayden tried out for Charlie or Ralph. Kayden was cast as Charlie Bradley. |
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| The 6 delinquent Herdmans Leroy, Ralph, Imogene, Claudia, Ollie,Gladys. |
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| Grace, Charley, and Bob Bradley Kayden was really funny in this part. He acted just like a teenager at our house attitude and all. |
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| Beth is setting the table and Charley is complaining. What he does best! |
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| Kayden wanted to make sure I got this part of the play. He is eating about 4 pieces of bread at once. He shoved it all in his mouth and had a hard time speaking his line it was hilarious. |
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| The Bradley's eating dinner. |
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| Leroy stole Charlie's lunch and Charlie was telling him to give it back. |
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| Charlie telling Leroy,"In Sunday School I get all the dessert I want." |
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| Talking about the Christmas Pageant. |
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| The Herdmans join everyone in Sunday School and start to destroy everything. |
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| Everyone was choosing a part in the Christmas Pageant |
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| Gladys is talking about amazing comics and rolling all over saying shazam! |
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| Leroy is going to attack Charlie because Charlie is "King Herod" |
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| The class figuring out the Three Wisemen. |
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| Practicing the Shepherds part. |
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| Imoegne, and Ralph fighting over Baby Jesus |
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| The Wisemen came in to pay their respect to baby Jesus. |
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| Final talk from parents before the Pageant starts. |
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| Grace, telling the kids "To Break a Leg." |
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| Imogene and Ralph with baby Jesus. |
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| Angels singing on high. |
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| Gladys telling the shepherds Jesus was born. |
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| Visiting Jesus. |
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| Wisemen bringing gifts. Leroy brought a ham for baby Jesus. A Ham that was given to their family by Child Welfare. |
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| Nativity Scene. |
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| Charlie asking, "What do we do with this Ham?" |
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| The Bradley's Bowing. |
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| Gladys breaks in and wants to Bow too! |
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| The Cast Bow |
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| This was such a fun play. We loved watching it right before Christmas. Good Job! |
