A Relaxing New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve this year was spent relaxing with some friends and their kids. It was good that we planned a subtle evening as Amy was still sick with her cold, but did start to recover some. Unfortunately, there were others that were not able to attend the festivities because either they themselves were sick or their children were. We hope Michael has recovered from his reaction to amoxycillin. It's bad enough that he and his sisters had strep, but to also have a reaction doesn't make for a nice vacation.

A unique tradition was initiated by Frank and Michele a few years ago to help keep the kids up and entertained for New Year's Eve. The idea is to start the night earlier (5-6 or s0) and then have the ball (balloons this year) drop at 9:00. After all, the kids a few years ago were able to tell time and didn't know the difference. This year's "kid's midnight" was about 9:33 pm as Mr. Frank and the kids started the countdown from 10...5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Kiddie champagne was shared by the kids and the real mojo was shared by the adults. Jacob was a little too young to join in this year, but as long as the tradition holds, he may will be able to join in next year. Let's hope the older kids can hang in there a little longer for the smaller kids. There was some discussion about how it wasn't really 2008 yet because it wasn't after midnight. It was somewhere over the Pacific Ocean though... ;)!

After the kiddie midnight, we were treated to a show written by Emilia. It was great fun to see all of them have a part in the "play". They even had it down to having credits after the show. Way to go Emilia, Gabriela, Massimo, Brian, Lauren, Toby, Xander, Connor and Allision!!

The evening concluded as the snow started flying, so pretty much everyone loaded up and headed on home (not because of the snow as that was only a coincidence). We arrived at home just in time to get Jacob and his gear in the house and turn the tv on to see the ball fall in Times Square. It was nice ending to a great evening shared with friends.