Jesse The Body Celebrates Passover

This year's Hellman Passover mascot was Jesse "The Body" Ventura, posing to the left in midst of a power slide while brandishing two dinner forks. As my nephew Henry remarked to his father Tim the other day..."Daddy, you wear a tie to work...like Jesse the Body." Evidently, Grandma Pat's Jesse the Body figurine has made quite an impression on Henry.

We gathered in Indianapolis this year for the Passover celebration, and it was great seeing everybody. Let's share the first batch of Passover pics!

To spice up this year's cedar, we bought a bunch of toys meant to symbolize the 10 plagues. Here Mom demonstrates the ever-popular "Cattle Plague" mask.
My nephew Henry chowing down on a hearty bowl of Matzo ball soup.
Sophie remembers the tears of her slave ancestors by eating some parsley dipped in salt water...and once again proving that kids will try and put literally anything in their mouth in an attempt to test its edibility.
If the inflatable Matzah Ball isn't a sure sign that Passover is here, I don't know what is.
The only bittersweet aspect to Passover this year is that we were minus one family member at the dinner table. My Dad is in the hospital--some gastrointestinal issues that he had to have a surgery for--but fortunately seems to be showing some recent signs of recovery. Get well soon, Dad!