Real Hanukkah

Hanukkah started on Christmas Eve this year. We lit the first night's candles while Kevin and his parents were at Christmas (Eve) Mass:

For night #2, Kevin's dad sweetly made us latkes and we were all together to light the menorah:

We lit the third and fourth nights in NY but forgot to open any presents.  One the 5th night we were traveling home and got in too late to celebrate, so the next morning we opened several gifts.  This was Benji's favorite:

He has long coveted a bathrobe

Hanukkah ended on New Year's Eve, so Alex and Steph were in town for the last two nights.  Sophia was excited to help us light the candles:

Now all that's left is to scrub the wax out of the menorah!