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<\/p>I\u2019ve been really excited about getting my older son, Michael, to experience other holiday traditions, besides Christmas this season.\u00a0 <\/span>First on the list was Hanukkah.\u00a0 <\/span>I had read great things about Bananukah!, where popular musician Danna Banana tells the story of the Festival of Lights with props, songs, games and kid participation.\u00a0 <\/span>This would be a perfect way to introduce Michael to Hanukkah \u2013 or so I thought.
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My whole family went to the CMOM on Saturday to see the performance.\u00a0 <\/span>Unfortunately, I was the only one who enjoyed it (well Sean, my baby, seemed to enjoy it too \u2013 if that counts).\u00a0 <\/span>Both Michael and my husband had these glazed, \u201cwhen will this be over?\u201d looks on their faces during the performance.\u00a0 <\/span>I think that part of the lack of interest was that some of the songs were in Hebrew and we didn\u2019t know the English ones (perhaps if they would have had a songbook, it would have been more inclusive?).\u00a0 <\/span>My husband did<\/strong> know the dreidel song though \u2013 perhaps because he grew up in NYC.\u00a0 <\/span>In any event, at the end of the performance, my husband was like, \u201cWhere\u2019s the latkes?\u201d and Michael said, \u201cYou said that there would be food.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>(I did not<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>CMOM where it was held, doesn\u2019t even allow food.)\u00a0 <\/span>Oh well, I tried.\u00a0 <\/span>Next year, I\u2019ll take them to a Hanukkah event with latkes!
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Later that day, we tried to get a good picture of the kids to go on our holiday cards.\u00a0 <\/span>(I don\u2019t really like \u201cperfect\u201d professional photos for my holiday cards \u2013 I want family and friends to see the kids in a somewhat natural pose.) \u00a0<\/span><\/em>What did I learn?\u00a0 <\/span>1. I could never be a children\u2019s photographer and 2. I could never be a baby wrangler (a job related to helping kids on film).\u00a0 <\/span>It was hilarious! \u00a0<\/span>First, the batteries in the camera kept acting up, so my husband and I were having this huge conversation about alkaline and non-alkaline batteries \u2013 which ones would make the crazy camera work.\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, we had the camera working correctly.\u00a0 <\/span>Then, the kids would not both be still at the same time.\u00a0 <\/span>My baby Sean, who is nine months, kept crawling towards us as we tried to take the picture.\u00a0 <\/span>When Sean sat still, Michael would make these crazy Joker-esque smiles when we said, \u201cSmile\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span>(By the end, we learned that saying \u201cCheese\u201d cured that problem.)\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, we said, \u201cThis is the last picture. \u00a0<\/span>It is what it is.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>So, below you\u2019ll see the shot that our family and friends will get on their Snapfish holiday cards.\u00a0 <\/span>(Oh well, next year perhaps we will<\/strong> do the professional shoot thingy!)
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Happy Holidays!<\/span>
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