And a Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We celebrated at our house this year with Nanny, Papa, Uncle Joe, Tia and the cousins. It wasn't anything huge, but I tried to make it fun for the kids. We had balloons pinned to the wall, one for each hour, and inside they each had activities to do for each hour of the night.

Also, Tanner helped me make this 2013 cake. It's funfetti and he was so excited about it!

 

Tanner couldn't wait to pop the first balloon and see what was inside.

It said "balloon fight with Papa"

 Tanner was so cute pretending to read the papers. He told us each paper said the same thing-- "balloon fight with Papa" . I guess that was his favorite part of the night.

6:00 pm said "Have a glow stick dance party"

This was a big hit with the kiddos.

 

Then Papa popped our 7:00 pm balloon. It said "eat cake"

And for our grand finale - the kid's midnight (at 8:00 pm)

The balloon said "Open presents". Tanner and Clark got "finger lights" and Bailey got bubbles. They were just cheap toys from the dollar store, but the kids loved them. 

Then we watched a ball drop online and sipped our sparkling cider

Here are the kids ringing in the new year. They loved these little blowers and the confetti poppers.

Then the party kinda broke up. Everyone said goodnight and we put the kids down for bed. It was great. Chris and I didn't make it to midnight, but it was still a great night.

The next morning Chris was off work, so I woke up early and ran the "David's Trail 5K". It was my slowest time yet because it was hiking trails and lots of hills. But it was a fantastic way to start off my new year. I'm really trying to stay in shape and this was a great jump start to my 5K season. Also, I set a resolution to run a 10K this year- I'm super excited!

Hope everyone had a great new year!