Fun with the new camera

Over Thanksgiving, our point and shoot camera stopped working. So, we bought a new Cannon Elph. We have had fun playing with the many features on it, especially the slow-motion movie. Go to the blog (www.worldlywards.blogspot.com) so you can view the videos. One day we will retrieve our Thanksgiving pictures from the old camera and share them with you.

The "kids and pets" function caught Henry being smiley 

 and Elizabeth shaking her head very fast.

 Henry caught by "face detect."

 Justin enjoys the "color swap" and "color accent."

I like "poster effect."

 Henry is cute, captured by the "fish eye" function.

He is also cute catching a ball.

 We've also decorated for Christmas ("toy camera" and "color accent")

and made Christmas ornaments.

We have taken lots of slow-motion videos. Including Elizabeth grabbing her aching-back mid-spin, 

Justin beaning me with a ball, 

Henry catching,

Elizabeth and I jumping,

and Henry destroying a cheerio.

Christmas Photo Preview

We finally took the kids' Christmas pictures yesterday. We had every intention of editing these a bit to hide our make-shift photo studio, but we ran out of time and worked around it when ordering cards. 

So, here they are, raw and cute.

Cookie of the month: Month 6

For December, Elizabeth made gingerbread cookies. This was a two-day operation consisting of mixing, chilling, rolling, cutting, baking, icing, and decorating. By the end, I was tired, but Elizabeth was powered by the sugar she swiped from the dough, icing, and decorations. The kitchen has assumed a permanent state of stickiness. Regardless, the cookies were cute and reports indicate that they are tasty.