Christmas With The Machete Hanging Over My Head Part II

Pictures...

THE SEASON BEGINS

Madeleine Margaret

Won First Chair at school orchestra

Recommended to audition for Sooper Genyus Art Camp

Plays with the University Of South Carolina Orchestra at Thursday practice sessions

Meredith Grace

First year violin student.

Sister Act

Madeleine's first real concert!!!!!

Mother! Please sit down with the rest of the nice parents and quit standing up in front of 200 people to take my picture!

Just one more, okay?

We don't have a Baby Jesus, but this is Baby Callie (poodle)

CHRISTMAS EVE

Incandescent Beauty

Trying to smile for the camera.

I've seen your picture

Your name in lights above it

This is your big debut

It's like a dream come true

And when you smile for the camera

I know they're gonna love it

I like your pin shot

I keep it with your letter

Done up in blueprint blue

It sure looks good on you

So won't you smile for the camera

I know I'll love you better

Peg...

It will come back to you

Peg....

It will come back to you

Then... the shutter falls

You see it all in 3-d..

It's your favorite foreign movie

-Steely Dan lyrics

CHRISTMAS DAY

Waiting in our bedroom before being released and stampeding to the living room to see what Santa brought.

OMG! ROCK BAND 2!!! The picture that makes it all worthwhile

1. Finding it on Barnes & Noble-4 hours of internet searching

2. Ordering it-$220.00
3. Convincing the kids that it wasn't even being released until Dec. 30-Delightful

4. Messing with your children's delicate psyches-PRICELESS

5. Seeing the look on their face- BEYOND PRICELESS

GET IT OPEN. NOW.

And they all lived happily ever after.