Bakery Girls (New Year's Day 2012)

Lyra and her good friend Zoe: two bakery girls ready to make the best cookies in the world.

Zoe models her baker's mitt and -- is that an Angry Birds apron? 

"Christmas cookies without sprinkles are like raisins without wrinkles," says Lyra, as she carefully selects le sprinkle juste to adorn her cookie.

Daddy attempts to discipline Lyra for eating too many chocolate sprinkles. Sheesh! thinks Baby Lyra. Who brought the buzzkill?
Meanwhile, Zoe switches to a more direct sprinkle extraction method. 

After at least ten minutes of making cookies, Zoe and Lyra work off the calories on a tricycle meant for two.

  Zoe's mommy Grace demonstrates her superior icing method.

 "We are done!"
Making cookies is the best way to start the new year, thinks Lyra. Or is it sitting on a La-Z-Boy and watching football for ten hours straight?

Lyra, the hostess with the mostest, brings out a tray of cookies. Or puzzle pieces.

The aftermath of another great dinner at Casa GJZ. It was the best New Year's Day ever! Lyra was so excited that for days afterward she was making noises about "cookies" and "Zoe" and "Zoe makes cookies."