annual DGA children's christmas party

every year the dga puts on a christmas party for member and employee children. this year there were all sorts of goodies, cartoons playing in the movie theatre, balloon sculptures, and, of course, pictures with santa. we had a lot of fun, and although you can't tell from the pictures, phil was there too.
here we are five minutes after arrival. ethan already has a cookie in hand.
a quick pose by the festive christmas tree.
time for an ice cream sandwich. we also had popcorn, popsicles, and fruit punch...nice and healthy.
i can't believe i'm posing with over-sized cartoon characters now...my how life changes after kids.
in most of the photos you can see the mangled remains of an m&m cookie in ethan's chocolatey paws. here is his matching chocolatey face. if you look closely, you can even see a bit of blue candy coating from one of the m&m's. nice.
here is a closer look at the poor, poor cookie. notice how ethan was only interested in the brightly colored candy parts.
all of the kids received a christmas gift at the party. we decided to let ethan open his early. he was really excited.
just what he never knew he always wanted...play-doh. thank goodness it's non-toxic.