I threw together a most casual party for New Year's Eve. Lots of times, those are the best parties. We had our neighbors (Robin & Andrew and
Stacy & Nick) and their kids over as well as
Andrea (Mike had to work so she didn't stay long) and her kids as well as
Deb & Joe's family. I asked everyone to bring a snack to share and an activity.
The kids had piles of fun making
paper bag puppets, playing in the basement, watching a movie, eating treats, toasting the New Year with Sparkling Cider, trying out the new Christmas toys and other general mayhem. Actually, they behaved wonderfully in spite of the late hour and surprised all the adults.
I think the kids' favorite parts - other than staying up way late - were playing the unwrapping game that Robin brought (lots more pictures of that on
my photoshop site) and ringing in the New Year. Presents and noise, what's not to love as a kid?! Oh, and since the oldest kid there was 7 yrs old, we rang in the New Year at 10 pm our time - it was midnight EST and totally justifiable.
The adults had a great time eating all the yummy food, chatting with other adults, chilling out and laughing together, watching the kids, and toasting the new year with grapes (a cool tradition shared by Nick) and kisses from our honeys and the kiddos.
Glad you had fun. That's smart to have the kids celebrate at 10pm. We were up WAY too late!
ReplyDeleteThanks for having us over! It was tons of fun and we enjoyed visiting with everyone.
ReplyDeleteIt was such a blast! It was nice and casual and I think that everyone had a great time. What a great way to ring in the New Year!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to include kids on a normally grown-up kind of holiday!
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