Ringing in the New Year with our kiddos has been an ever-changing tradition. We used to visit our local First Night celebration, but our nearby town no longer has festivities, so we have made our own traditions!
We start out with a warm dip in a local hotel pool. I am amazed from year to year at how much fun it is to take our boys swimming, and how quickly their skills progress. Prince K is a proficient swimmer and is constantly in the deep end of the pool. Prince L just learned to swim this summer, and is getting stronger and stronger as the months go by. Prince M still uses his floaties, but is fearless in the water. Seriously, this year he plunged into the pool before I was ready and sunk to the bottom. So I quickly tossed what was in my hands, yelled no (as if it's would help) and dove in after him. You'd think he'd be scared, but nope... he tried it again a few seconds later. Sigh. Needless to say, on went the floaties!! Prince N appears to love water, but not cold pool water... I'm thinking he'll be a water bug by summer though, and will soon be crawling in after his big brothers!
After swimming, we warm up at a local restaurant for dinner. Last year we ate dessert first (because Preggo Momma said so), but this year we at in the traditional order. We even wore special New Years buttons we made at home that afternoon.
We then went home for petit-fours and Sprite.
Prince N went immediately to bed when we got home, exhasted at his usual time, so the party continued at the other end of the house with a dance party in Momma and Daddy's room! We turned on the good 'ole clock radio, donned party hats, and danced the night away.
The party was a blast, except Prince L kept falling off the bed, and Prince K kept knocking his brothers with his flailing limbs. I was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down my cheeks as Hubby showed off his dance moves to the kids!
I wish I could say we stayed up to ring in the New Year at midnight, but the kids were in bed by 8 o'clock, and Hubby and I crashed shortly after. Maybe in 5 years or so we'll actually stay up to see the ball drop!
The following morning we had homemade biscuits (yes, in Mickey Mouse shapes with heart centers), eggs, oranges, and juice...
2013 is off to a good start!
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