Our New Years Celebrations were held at home. I find it so much easier to do this right now with young children. Going out and being up all night and then in a terrible mood the next day isn't worth it to me.
This year I was debating if I should sign up for the Resolution Run that takes place where I live. It happens fairly early on New Years Day and would be a great way to bring in the New Year.....with a healthy focus. But my plans changed when I realized that New Years Day would be on Sunday. So maybe next year we can do it. Spencer and I could have done it on our own but I really wasn't that motivated to go for a chilly run.....
So we had fondue for our dinner; we tried a Chinese broth fondue which was nice. We found out that the missionaries in our ward didn't have a place to go, so we last minute invited them over, which worked out pretty good, but they had to be back in their apartment by 6pm. We didn't start eating until 5pm. So it was a quick dinner with them. Then we sent them on their way with a few games that they were able to play.
Our only constraint for the night was one fondue pot for 7 people and we each only had one fondue fork to use. Next year at least two pots and a few forks each. I'll also make more side items to eat as I feel the only good thing to really fondue/cook is thinly sliced meats. We tried to fondue vegetables but it just wasn't the same. Anyway after the missionaries left and the kids were done.......
Spencer and I sat around and polished off the rest of the meats! By this time we stole our kids forks and Spencer was even using a regular fork to get the job done!
The rest of the night consisted of watching some tv, playing wii, playing with those punching balloons, and we cracked a bunch of glow sticks and went outside for a brief sparkler display.
My boys were tired at the regular bedtime and I was only too happy to put Aaron to sleep, I stayed up until 10pm and then wished everyone else a Happy New Year and went to bed. Spencer soon followed. Megan and Evan tried their very hardest to stay awake...but spencer ended up taking Evan to bed when he went to bed. Megan wanted to stay up until midnight and we said that she could, but that right after she needed to go to bed. She was trying to celebrate the new years with her character on the Wii game Animal Crossing...hoping to get some special new years prizes.
Well I ended up waking up at 3am with the hall light on, so I went to check on everyone...boys sleeping in their room, check....Spencer beside me, check.....Megan, room light was on but no Megan. So downstairs I went and there I found her asleep on the couch huddled under a thin couch blanket that we have. I woke her up and helped her up to her room. She cried the whole way -- she had actually fell asleep before midnight and missed out on her Animal Crossing celebration. She tried travelling back in time to retrive her prize but that didn't work. Poor girl. She tried so hard, but it just didn't work out. Maybe next year she'll have parents to support her in her quest to stay up all night.
Cheers to 2012!
