Cheers!

New Year's Eve is still more than a month away, but there are two junior revelers at my house who are ready to celebrate.

Cheers! That's sparkling apple juice in their glasses. "Sparkly juice" as Sydney calls it.

They're drinking for a good cause. At work, we're designing an ad for a client that calls for a photo showing a variety of empty beverage containers that should be recycled. Specifically, it should show the beverage bottles most likely used around the holidays.

Well, how else are you supposed to get empty beverage containers other than to buy them full and then drink up? Jeff did his part with a bottle of egg nog. I took one for the team, enjoying some champagne, while the kids practiced toasting with the sparkling apple juice. I suspect they enjoyed clinking glasses more than they enjoyed the juice.

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it.