We planned a toddler-style New Years Eve party to celebrate the holiday with our buddies the Kennedy and Sanchez families. We finished the new play set in time for the party, barbequed some hot dogs and beans, whipped up some deviled eggs and red velvet cupcakes, and expected the kids to play, eat, and crash well before midnight. To our pleasant surprise, the party-goers lasted until near 10:00pm, and OUR kiddos were still awake when the ball dropped on 2013.
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| Going down the slide choo-choo style |
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| Cora was attempting to push Manu (nicely, not push him off) |
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| Intimidating biker gang, eh? |
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| A couple of Spider-Man superheroes |
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| Mom and I made Pinkalicious cupcakes (red velvet with pink instead of red, and the brightest pink frosting ever) since the kids are very into that book this week |
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| Poor Al was the chosen one for the kids' noisemaker antics |
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| Lauren is just the happiest little baby! |
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| Cheers! (Toasting the New Year at 7:45pm, just in case...) |
They REALLY liked their "special juice" (sparkling white grape juice). Especially James. I think he had 4 glasses. Maybe 5...
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| Fireworks in the driveway. The bike blockade ended up being unnecessary, since every kid except James was scared of them (and all went into the sunroom to hide, except Manu, who sat at the back of the carport with his hands over his ears). Very strange, since we expected James to run and hide and Cora to cheer daddy on. Oh well. Just goes to show you how extremely unpredictable kids can be. |
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| Sophie and Leo with a sparkler |
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| Grambot got a workout pulling these 4 kids around... That's about 130 lbs of toddler plus the weight of the wagon. |
Sophie is the only adult small enough to use the play set (due to weight limits - though I can use the swings, at least). And also the only adult small enough to ride the Big Wheels. And Strider bikes. And scooters. The rest of us are understandably jealous. Or maybe that's just me... The kids loved having her chase them around and ride with them (bike riding and lawn mower pushing occurred throughout the party)!
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| This is when Leo decided it was plenty late enough... |
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| After our friends left, we went back down to the campfire for more "special juice" (and champagne for us adults, of course), since the rain held off. Cora and Jay are giving another "Cheers!" (And yes, we still need to move the old swing set down the hill and trash/burn the boxes that the play set came in - all in due time.) |
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| Last but not least, here are our kiddos at midnight, making some noise after getting New Years kisses from their mama and daddy and Grambot. Happy New Year folks, we hope you had a wonderful end to 2012 too! |
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