re-cap of our New Year's Eve...

~January 2, 2013~

2013...Day 2

So I said yesterday that I would post about how I kept my kiddos busy and awake on New Year's Eve. 

I found this awesome idea...on Pinterest of course.  You make hourly bags. The kids open a  bag every hour.  I started mine at 7:00pm and made one for every hour up to 12. I included crafts and fun ideas as well as a prize and yummy treats! They looked forward to opening them each hour..in fact, the little one kept asking and bringing them to us.  We had to keep telling her that it wasn't time yet. HA!

Here's the bags all ready along with some streamers and noise poppers. On each bag I made a clock face with the hour.

Our first one had some gummy bears in it and this note. Instead of buying party hats we made our own out of news paper.

Daddy help Em with her's.

Then they decorated them with foam stickers.

Party Time!

And what is a party without balloons?! I made some confetti balloons.  I only had small ones though. The kids liked them just the same. How pretty!!! I filled them with paper dots, sequins and stars.

8:00's bag said for us to play board games.  Em picked Candy Land of course first.  They love playing board games. 

Me and my baby girl!  Love her to pieces!!!

9:00's was to make a necklace!

Here's Bubba's!

And Sister's!

Em especially loved making these.  She made several through the night. 

Banjo enjoyed hanging out with us from time to time. Silly kitty!

Thumbs up on the rootbeer! They rarely get rootbeer, or coke/soft drink for that matter.

Chugging it down to! Goodness!

Hubs with his New Year's Eve drink.  The man loves his Crown!  Let's just say he was feeling pretty good by 12! What a goof ball!!!!

Bag number 10 was a gift and ice cream!

I made both kids some non-skid socks.  Hunt's was LEGOs and Em's was a gumball machine.  I made a few pair for Christmas gifts in December.

Yummmm...Ice Cream!!!  Look at hose mini cones!  I saw these at the store and thought...oh cute look baby cones!  Well needless to say they were very mini! The kids loved them, small and all. To an adult, it's more like just enough to make you mad. HA!

Then it was dance time! Here's Miss Em dancing with her dance partner...Daddy! She had a blast and was laughing the whole time! Daddy was having fun to. So cute!

And the dip...

Hey Bubba! I love him so very much! He's the greatest!!!

And 11:00's...make a noise maker!

Made from toilet paper rolls, construction paper, rubber bands and beads.

[shake...shake...shake]

Em decided she needed to play the guitar and sing us a song.  Look how she's getting into it! A little entertainer, that one!

Shortly after the BIG 12:00 came around!

 Here's my champagne..a Korbel sweet rose`...I remembered it from last year.  I'm not a champagne fan, but this one isn't bad.

 

Look at that sweet face! Such a doll!

And A Happy New Year!!!!!

The kids got to have a new year's drink to...some cran-grape juice! And pop streamers of course!

It was a great night and I hope the kids had fun! I know some people don't let their kids stay up until 12:00 hits, but I do...and why not? We didn't have plans for the next day.

On the 1st we hung out at home. Didn't do anything special really.  We had planned snacking on chicken salad dip and other snacky items and have a big dinner. Around 10:00 I had a mimosa.  Very good to! I'm not sure why I don't have them on the weekends more often. HA! Do I sound like an alcoholic?

So here are some photos of our dinner.  Not sure what I was thinking...all this food! Geez! 

Steaks, Lobsters and Baked potatoes from the grill...Thanks Hubs!!! And I made the asparagus.

And of course brussel sprouts...as our cabbage.

And black-eyed peas...because it's just tradition!!! 

And for dessert...I made some Boston Cream Pie cupcakes!  Pretty tasty little darlings!

So now that I've caused you to bang your head on the wall looking through all these photos and hearing me ramble on...how was ya'll's New Year's Eve and your First Day of 2013 ?1?!?!

Catch you later my sweets.....