We had a small family party to celebrate the new year. We pretended like 9:00 pm was midnight. We meant to pretend at 7:00, but we had so much fun at our party pretend trick-or-treating, playing tag, and blowing "those things that look like tongues and have fliers on them" that we just lost track of time. Nigel chose the snacks and activities for our party, and also his party clothes. We had chicken and waffles for dinner. We shouted Happy New Year a million times. We tried to take a picture of us all together. And we also tried to interview our sons, which we'd like to do every year. They were really tired so it wasn't a fantastic start, but that leaves room for improvement in years to come.
What an exciting year we have in front of us! Bradley will turn the big ONE and Nigel will go to kindergarten!! I will turn THIRTY!!! We've been talking for quite a while about what we want this year to be like and I've come up with some really meaningful and personal resolutions. The thing I like about my resolutions this year is that they are mostly about focusing on what is already in my life and magnifying it. Also cutting out excess. So I'm not resolved to really start anything that I'm not already doing. I just want to be better at what I'm already doing.
Except for this public resolution for 2012: take a picture of our whole family together on each holiday of the year, including birthdays. I'm trying to catch up on all the blogging that I haven't gotten to for this last year and I've realized that we are rarely in pictures all together. It will be fun to be able to look back and see us together all year. We are also resolved to have summer family pictures taken and again in October.
Happy New Year to the max!
This is Bradley right out of the bath and on his way to bed. Micah kindly and quickly figured out how to use the timer on the camera, using the tripod. Nigel was having a blast at our party. I was wearing the apron Sarah gave me for Christmas and making up a recipe for chicken and waffles in the kitchen.
5 comments:
I like the everyone on holidays picture idea!!!
You look fabulous in that apron! :)
I have to say I am a little jealous that your New Years party was way cooler than mine! For real!
Your family photo is too cute. I just had to look at your blog post again.
Thanks Sarah! For the apron and the comments :)
What an beautiful family! I love it! What good ideas too! I want to follow suit! Sure love you lady... and to you and Sarah, CUTE APRON! Oh how I love aprons!
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