Clara came home and asked to go to sleep in her bed and did! When Mommy was ready to drive Emma around a bit so she'd nap and went to get the kids, Emma was sleeping on the couch and took a long nap. This was great preparation for the seder where they were going to get to stay up late.
Tonight, the Gornstein gals headed over to the Marcus house around 6 pm. Before leaving, Clara insisted on packing the Passover pillows they made at school, their stuffed frogs and their sunglasses - for "the darkness part of the seder," she reported. Really neat how they both understand so much this year.
Since both had napped, Mommy was hoping to even make it an hour at the seder. To everyone's suprise, Clara and Emma were so well behaved and actually sat and participated in the seder. Emma did the four questions by herself (with a little help from Mommy and Clara), Emma sang the work song, Clara sang the Frog song and they both helped with Dayenu. Needless to say, a very proud moment.
For kids that don't eat so much at meals or can be picky, they both tried things and enjoyed them. They tried egg soup, chicken soup, shnitzel and more. And, they happily searched for the afikomen, found them (there was one for each of them) and got really excited for their afikomen prize - a box of chocolate lollipops.
It was a really fun evening and way to celebrate Passover.
