Christmas means it’s Christmas card time, AKA time to show off our daughter’s cuteness once again. That’s one of the great things about parenthood — there’s nothing wrong with being proud of your child.

Last year and this year we’ve gone with the take a photo and put it into a template Christmas card. We played with several ideas this year, but in the end we gave people what they really want to see — my daughter and my daughter alone. Fortunately, she loves when we take photos of her, especially when we bring out the black sheets to create a pseudo-studio. She knows it’s showtime then. In less than 30 minutes of pure, unadulterated cuteness, we had our Christmas card photo. There was plenty of wonderfulness left over.

Hopefully her smile brings a little Christmas cheer to those who see it this winter. I know it always adds some cheer to my day.