Purim Carnival Today

Today was the school's Purim Carnival. To easily explain, Purim is like the Jewish Mardi Gras. Its a celebration of freedom. And by celebration, we mean costumes, noise-makers and food and drink aplenty. The boys loved wearing their costumes and playing games today. Tonight we have Tot Shabbat where we'll feast on a catered event and sing lots of songs... of course, in costume. And Monday there's a pizza party, followed by a service where every time the bad guy's name (Haman) is spoken, we use groggers to drown it out. (Note to self, and Steve: we need 2 12-oz soda bottles, emptied, to make groggers on Monday night.)

Pictures of Wes at the carnival today. He was Goliath, who is actually a cartoon character from a Disney show. But he announced he was the Castle pet lion. (The story of freedom is about a King selecting his Queen.)