Happy New Year!

We let the kid's stay up to welcome in the new year. Okay, midnight was actually 7 pm at our house... shhhh. The boys all enjoyed blowing the noise makers after our countdown... so much so that it was hard to get them to stop to go to bed. As a matter of fact, the twins continued to party in their beds (I thought they would never go to sleep).

We let Ethan stay up 'extra late,' you know 'past midnight' to watch Rudolph's Shiny New Year (thanks to Uncle Ben for recording it for us). We even gave him a few treats, since it was New Year's Eve. He had some Pirate Booty (funny name for what is actually natural cheese puffs), an all natural cheddar cheese stuffed soft pretzel and a peanut butter Lindor Truffle (thank you to Great Uncle Keith and cousin Lauren for sending the HUGE chocolate tower). Guess what he ate... er... devoured first? Yep... the candy. The rest was pretty much a third eaten at best... but it was part of the fun of staying up for New Year's Eve.