Thanks for all your advice - I kept it in mind! It actually worked out very nicely I ended up just backing out of the modeling thing and it didn't upset my mom (60% chance it would have) but she said it wasn't well put together anyway ;] And the way the tables were set up I was able to sit with the family that I see daily (mom, 2 aunts, uncle, 2 little cousins) so I was able to stay comfortable/at ease. Not to mention one of the kiddies was sick and needed all of our hands on with him and the rest of the time we just had fun playing games with the camera thing on the other kiddies new leappad. Never even took a book out Thanks guys!