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Last night was the annual Holiday Book Fair at Parker and Bailey’s school. This is a cleverly crafted event where dozens of adorably-dressed children are plunked on the stage to sing for less than 3 minutes.  Meanwhile, there are approximately 17 available seats for the 2,000 eager camera-clutching parents. I’ve never seen such polite elbow-throwing in my life.   I was lucky enough to claim an 8-inch square in the kneeling-room-only section for Bailey and I.  My knees will never be the same.

At any rate, it was, as expected, painfully adorable to watch. Bailey loved seeing Parker up on stage singing. When the songs were finished, the children were released into the sea of waiting parents and there is only one way out…through the BOOK FAIR. Admittedly, there is something about a book fair that still sends little shivers of excitement through me. (and book orders, too! were book order days at school not AMAZING?) I was eager to see which of the beautifully illustrated and poetically versed classics would enchant my children. Imagine my dismay when we left with Parker all a-twitter about his new 2009 Bakugan Battle Brawler Ultimate Guidebook and Bailey with a death grip on a pad-locked diary with a googly-eyed kitten on the front.

Sigh. There is always next year. And maybe then I’ll remember to bring kneepads.

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Parker is in very serious excitement mode in preparation for the upcoming performance.

(the young blonde on the left, however…not so much. heehee!)

Anxiously scanning the crowd for her big brother…

Superstar.

Best buddy Cooper!

(do these boys look sharp or what?)

Parker and Allison.  (Brady, too!)

This little love triangle will have to be the subject of a whole other post.  We are SO in for it.

Jesus was Born

Away in a Manger

Jingle Bells

We WISH you a Merry Christmas