New Year's Eve

It's been a long week.  The kids have watched too much TV, friends haven't been around until today, and we've all been a bit too bored.  I had been thinking I would wait until next week to undecorate, but I started today and hope to finish tomorrow or Saturday.  We have had a party to go to this evening, and we have all had a hard time waiting.

The Drakes throw a kid-oriented New Year's Eve party every year, with lots of games, food, and ringing in the new year at 9:00pm.  This year they had a laundry room full of balloons the kids could pop and see if money was inside, a food eating contest, a TP fight, and a dance party in the dark with lots and lots and lots of glowsticks.  Mike entertained all the kids downstairs while the adults visited and snacked upstairs.  We all went down for the dance party, and then at 9:00 we all went outside to burn a Christmas tree we had brought.  It was great to visit with neighbors, it was great to party, it was great to dance around the burning tree, and it was great to come home and put the kids to bed before anyone was too tired.  Yeah for the new year!

 

Ready for the dance party with glowsticks stuck to their bodies.

How it looked in the dark.

Brandt begged to light the tree, and Kent let him.

Matches! Fire! Heat!

So exciting!

Lots of little people enjoying dessert post tree burning.