Clara and Emma attended their first Argentinian wedding on Saturday night in Rosario, Argentina.
The gang headed in a minibus at 830 pm with Grandma and Grandpa Gornstein and some other family members to a site owned by the Jewish Community of Rosario, on the outskirts of town. Armed with OFF (the mosquitoes were plentiful) and it was the "perfume" of the evening, Clara and Emma enjoyed mingling with cousins and meeting family before the ceremony at 10 pm, held outdoors. Emma watched and said "they're getting married." And, anytime music would play - whether the cantor sang or a song was played (it featured some Israeli music), Clara would dance. At the end, they loved hearing mazal tov and got a kick out of the sparklers. Huge grins.
Clara and Emma enjoyed the reception and sat on the couches and enjoyed time with their cousins at the kids table, being entertained by Martin and Damian. Emma had a little fall and got a bloddy lip, but was fine. Clara made sure to check out the dance floor before everyone entered the hall. Then, it was time to go in and welcome the couple with the hora and some other Jewish dancing. All of the kids loved watching the dancing! Then, Mommy and Daddy decided it was time to try and put Clara and Emma down in the stroller to see if they'd sleep. After a few walks around the outside perimiter, both were asleep. Mommy and Daddy parked them in the back of the room and put a couch in front. Grandpa and some cousins even sat there and held watch. And, some other cousins joined the little ladies too. By the end of the nite, kids were asleep in strollers and on couches. They stayed asleep until we left at about 4 am (the wedding lasted until 6(.
After a ride home, it was back to bed for all! Sleeping until 10 ish, the gang woke up and headed to ajoin the family at breakfast and to say goodbye, before getting on the bus and heading to the airport in Buenos Aires (about 4 hours, in the rain).
