Happy New Years!

For New Years Eve, we had our own little party. Brian had to work in the morning, so Allison and I passed the time by decorating the house for the festivities. She helped me by coloring the banner, making streamer wands, and shredding confetti. We kicked off the evening's celebration by going out to dinner at Famous Dave's and then "driving around" (e.g. two streets) looking at Christmas lights.

After we came back, we put on our PJs and rang in the new year at 7:37 pm, 7:38 pm, 7:42 pm, and for good measure again at 7:44 pm. What can you say, throwing newspaper all over the house is lots of fun. This year our cable provider had a Santa Tracker on one of their channels. I think they should have a Count Down/Ball Drop channel that you can activate at any point during the day. That way you can celebrate the midnight hour at anytime.

After we put the kids to bed, Brian and I somehow managed to stay up until midnight. It was tough though, we were very tempted to give up around 10 pm, but we hung in there.

The party quickly came to a conclusion when the girls began their wrestling moves.