I have not posted anything about our New Year celebration because I did not take any pictures of it - I know hard to believe. It seems lately that my little camera is attached to my hand with our day to day events!
We brought in 2008 as a family, which was actually a lot of fun. Jason, Julian, Kathryn and I played lots of games - Hi Ho Cherry-O (really fun when you're 4), Sorry (really fun when you're 30!), Memory, a Thomas bingo-like game, and Uno while waiting for the big ball to drop. The kids were semi-well behaved and everything went really well until about 11:30 when I started to get grumpy from being sleepy...
We also watched a Barbie movie - Barbie Nutcracker I think it was called. Surprisingly, it was a decent movie as far as Barbie movies go. Not great, but I think they used actual ballet dancers to simulate the movements of the animated characters, which was pretty cool to watch. I enjoyed it. I have never seen the Nutcracker, but almost have a desire to see the real thing now - almost.
At 11:30 when the kids starting getting hyped up and I started getting grumpy, we decided to take a tea break and the kids and I had Raspberry Zinger herbal tea. Jason not being a fan of herbal teas had hot chocolate. The kids thought they were so big - staying up late and drinking tea from real mugs.
We switched back and forth between Fox and NBC for their coverage of the Times Square celebration, but I was fairly annoyed with the half naked performance of Mimi right after the ball dropped? I don't know who she is, but she was wearing next to no clothes in New York in winter at midnight....not a smart lady, as far as I can tell. So, we flipped back to NBC and stayed there. Julian was pretty impressed with the Ball as it was dropping and was excited when 2008 arrived. (Now he can use his Sports car calendar with the BIG numbers he got at an Awana store several months ago and has been waiting anxiously to use!) Kathryn was excited to be up but probably didn't really understand what we meant by the New Year because when she woke up the next morning, she asked if it was Christmas again. She did ask once we were all up if it was still the new year. Maybe next year she'll know what years are .
The celebration ended shortly after midnight and we were all in bed by 12:20. My staying up late days are definitely a thing of the past! It was nice to sleep in to 8:15 the next day....I was hoping for later, but you take what you can get, I guess.
Anyway, I have high hopes for 2008. Each day (and new year) is a blessing from God and I can't wait to see what He has in store for me this year. Happy New Year to all 5 of you who read this :).
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