Tuesday was Christmas party day for Taylor’s class. Elizabeth and I thankfully were able to come join in the festivities.

The class eagerly awaits the gift exchange.

Classmate Matty shows off his antlers.

All the kids were playing with their parents’ cameras, and Taylor was no exception. Here is her first photograph ever (not including all the ones she’s taken of the floorboard of my car using my phone camera).

Smile for the camera.

Enough cameras. Let’s get with the presents! Taylor (not so) patiently awaits her turn.

First she asks me to unwrap it for her. No, no sweetie, it’s time for you to learn.

It was a very short learning curve.

Piece of cake.

It’s a baby! In a backpack!

Taylor gives lessons on proper hair care. First rule: don’t mess with the tangles.

See Daddy? It’s not hard to comb out tangles.

Pizza! Taylor likes to eat her pizza upside down. I don’t understand that one.

A mouth full of green icing. These type of shots aren’t planned. They just happen.

The best Christmas cookie design I have ever seen. The body is a chocolate-dipped cherry; the stem is the tail. Two almond slivers make the ears, and a Hershey’s kiss makes the snout. Little drops of red icing for eyes, and an open-face double stuff Oreo for a base, and voila!
(Dinner’s ready. I’ll post more afterwards.)