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The kids have had a handful of performances that we dutifully and proudfully took a plethora of pics. Aubrie and one of her best friends, Alexa, had some exciting moments in both their school musical about dogs and "The Wizard of Oz."

They have been creating their own plays for years, so to be in two organized performances this year is pretty much the coolest thing ever. Aubrie designed her dalmatian costume all by herself!

Alexa's exuberance is adorable!

"The Wizard of Oz" play had auditions on Monday, then two college students taught them the play in just a few days, and they performed on Friday and Saturday! It was a busy week for her, but so, so much fun!

These songs will be stuck in our heads for years to come. Now they will be stuck in yours too!

Here's the performing duo again, but this time it is the Nutcracker! They loved performing as angels in the professional ballet production. They long to be professional ballerinas, but were so thrilled to be "Ballet 1" this year.

But we can't forget to talk about my little mouse too! Ellie was by far the cutest little mouse, who squatted the lowest and scurried the fastest. She liked not being the smallest mouse this year, with a year under her belt. She adored the mice who were even littler than her.

And Dave and I played the part of proud parent so well you may argue we were typecast...Ha, ha, ha!