New Year's Eve 2013
It was a whole day of anticipation as the kids woke up to find the kitchen and family room ready for a party - complete with a balloon drop. It was a long morning as Andrew worked a half day and I tried to keep the kids occupied for the morning with a couple of crafts and lots of books. There was a lot of excitement which manifested itself as random screaming, running, and jumping around!
We tried to focus that energy after Benj's nap with a New Year's dance party in the living room as we watched various countries ring in the New Year.
I had mentioned to Andrew the night before that maybe the kids would have lost the excitement about the balloons after 12 hours of having them hanging there without being able to touch. I was wrong. We were asked about every 10 minutes all day: "can we drop the balloons? can we drop the balloons?"
When the balloon drop did finally occur, coinciding with midnight in France and Germany (both have great fireworks!), there was pure joy and fun!
We followed with a toast of sparkling apple juice, chocolate and berries for dessert, and bedtime!
Welcome 2014!
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