The following precious moments were captured by Devika Bakshi, Michael Hoag, April Alexander, Alexa Goldin, and whoever else decided it would be appropriate to pick up my camera and use it last night.
I was informed that Terra could only attend the party if she did homework while she was there. Lame.
Ari's face is priceless.
Everybody likes the kitchen. I love the flash next to Devika's head.
Love.
And again.
I have silly, happy friends.
Yes, Ari is a blowfish.
Homework is death.
Sarah: "My head is in your cleavage." Really. I had no idea.
Gotta love that my chest is the only thing in focus in this picture . . . Fabulous.
Everyone was looking forward to hearing "All I Want For Christmas Is You." It was the opportune moment for Rachelmay to mount April.
More Aprilmay sex.
After they realized that sex would not last for all of Mariah Carey's belting out Christmas tunes, April and Rachelmay decided to turn the kitchen into a dance floor.
And then they moved to the living room.
Ah, love.
I've collapsed from being tickled too much.
This is also when Hoag stole my camera and started deleting pictures. Damn him to hell.
There were three of this picture. I hope you don't mind that the other two are now gone.
This is pretty much what the deleted pictures looked like, but those were way funnier.
There is a period on Ari's shirt. Ahaha. I'm so clever.
Present time! This is where I turn into a mom. Damn me and my obsession with taking shit pictures.
Terra got artsy fartsy stuff.
I think April got a journal? I'm not sure. I can't see what's inside the bag.
Yes! Sarah got the squishy pig that I bought.
I really wish that John or Mike had gotten that present.
Hip Hoptionary, anyone?
Yeah, I put two gifts in the circle, so sue me. I know you all want a menorah paint kit.
Courtesy of Devika. The duct tape, I mean.
Oh, I guess the duct tape technically came from Sarah Daegling. I mean, she wrapped the present.
Poor Ari. She got the cool menorah thing and had it stolen from her, so she got the Oregon hat, left it at our house, and April has decided to keep it.
Everyone looks so disappointed. Hey, at least you didn't get TOILET PAPER!!!
This necklace was later made into a crown for Terra.
Rachelmay loves that tampon.
Oh, yeah.
Examining the squishy pig.
April is a cutie patootie!
I LOVE this picture!!!!!!
April continues to be adorable.
Haha, squishy pig. That was the best present. Heh.
More examining of the squishy pig.
The squishy pig loves it mama.
I don't know what I did, but Terra and Rachelmay appear to be amused by it.
This is the sole purpose of the squishy pig.
Thank goodness it didn't tear apart and stay on our ceiling.
Everyone is reaching for the squishy pig.
Euw.
Please note the coupon for the gross looking burger on our fridge. The token vegetarian in our house put it there. Thanks a lot, Steven.
I want eggnog. Maybe I'll go have some after I finish this post.
This is quite possibly my favorite picture from last night. After, you know, the one of the squishy pig going into Sarah Daegling's shirt.
I think we were waiting for the squishy pig to fall.
Devika was the best at throwing the squishy pig. It always stuck to the ceiling when she threw it.
John looks like his foot is stuck in the box.
This was the only decent job I did at throwing the squishy pig. I definitely missed the ceiling a couple of times. (Yes, Andy, you may make your Crater Lake comments now.)
John's latest favorite pastime is picking on me for my height.
So Hoag discovered leeks in our refrigerator and decided they would be an excellent weapon.
I tried to fix the red eye, but it turned Hoag's eyes into huge, neon blue orbs. Weird.
You can't really tell, but Mike is definitely beating April with a leek. And then he put it back into the refrigerator. Nice job.
Yay, the holidays. I'll post caroling pictures soon, I promise.