Ringing in the New Year!

This year we rang in the New Year at home with friends and family! What started out as a little get together for our family and another turned into four different families and all of the kids. It was a wonderful time for everyone! We cooked 3 different types of wings, meatballs, pigs'n'blankets, stromboli bread, and tons of other food to munch on through the night!
Tyler helped me decorate with the "2009" confetti I bought. Frank was not so sure about the possible mess, but with 6 kids all under 6, I was sure that this would be small in comparison with what could happen!

A closer shot of my confetti!

I bought a few decorations to make the basement look festive. Maybe next year I will be able to do more. the holidays were a bit crazy this year and I plumb ran out of time!

As soon as people started arriving, the kids began playing. Conor and Tyler quickly started playing with Santa's gift to Tyler this year, the air hockey table, while Derek, Olivia, and Skylar all made good use of the slide in the playroom.

All the kids, in the same spot, standing still, and looking at the camera all at once! A New Years miracle! From left to right: Derek, Olivia, Skylar, Hailey, Tyler, and Conor.

We got the kids all sorts of New Years accessories: Happy New Year tiaras, 2009 glasses, and plenty of noise makers. Funny, but everyone left their noisemakers behind. Coincidence?

Skylar and Livie on the Sit'n'Spin. I am so bummer I don't fit on it anymore!

Frank and Aunt Laurette, with full bellies, and big smiles!

Glen, Livie's dad, even pitched to the kids so that they could play baseball before bedtime!

Right before we took the kids up and changed into pajamas, we helped the kids ring in the New Year with some confetti champagne poppers! They had so much fun, there were none left for the mom's and dad's to use!

These two girls had a great time playing together and decided that they wanted to ring in the New Year with the rest of us. They were so great and we didn't even know they were still awake! Happy New Year!