Goodbye 2013!

We celebrated New Year's Eve with a "Countdown to Noon" in our house.  Obviously my kids are too little to stay up anywhere close to midnight, so we figured this was a great way to celebrate.  We invited a few friends over and really had fun.

We got noisemakers and hats!

I printed out special pages with a place to write memories from last year and resolutions for 2014.  I helped Anson, Grady did his, and we sent some home with friends so they could do them!

Here is Grady's

The noisemakers were really a big hit!

After the girls arrived, we played for a bit and then had a snacks lunch (including star-shaped cheese and grapes, which are good luck on New Year's).  They also had sparkling cider in plastic wine glasses!  We gave the girls little tiaras!

Even Camille enjoyed the special glasses!  She took her tiara off before eating though

We counted down to noon and then I played Auld Lang Syne and did a huge confetti popper on the back deck.  The thing was powerful!  We found confetti on the other side of the house!

After a quick bounce on the new trampoline...

... we released our wish balloons.   

There they go!  Each had a child's wish (or two) for the upcoming year!  They loved seeing them go WAY up and disappear.

 We were all sad to see such a great year go, but we are excited for all of the fun and learning the new year will bring!  Happy New Year to all!