We decided many years that we would rather spend a quiet night in with the kids rather than a night out without the kids for New Year's Eve. We usually just spend the day playing, eating, playing some more, and eating some more as a family. Marc got a Snoopy
sno-cone maker for Christmas that we decided to try out.
Daddy Marc decided he wanted to pull out his ice cream maker and make home made ice cream. So we made a basic vanilla base and stirred in "treats" to make different flavors. One of the flavors we made had bits of candy cane mixed in. The kids had fun helping me smash the candy canes to bits.
We had an extra bottle of sparkling grape juice left over from Christmas so we thought, what better time to use it up than New Year's Eve?! We gave Samantha her own glass of it. After each drink she took, she said "
whoot!"
Every Christmas we usually open what are called Christmas crackers. They are a British thing. They look like big pieces candy, kinda like a toilet paper tube wrapped in paper to look like a piece of candy. You hold each end and pull them apart. With a "pop!", they break open and there is a little trinket, a joke, and a paper crown. The toys are usually kinda "
junky", but they are really fun to do!
At a dollar store several months ago, we found a confetti shooter. So, after we made a mess on the floor with the crackers, we decided, what the heck! We let the kids (all 4 of us) shoot confetti all over the living room floor.
Every time we shot the confetti, Samantha said "Happy New Year!"
This is just a
snipit of what the floor looked like. {I told Marc it was a pretty sneaky way to get me to vacuum the floor. ;-) }
We had the kids take late naps, and since we did that, we ALL made it until midnight!!! At 12:05 we all got ready and went to bed! ;-) We have so much fun doing various things and snacking
a lot of New Year's Eve as a family!
Daddy Marc decided he wanted to pull out his ice cream maker and make home made ice cream. So we made a basic vanilla base and stirred in "treats" to make different flavors. One of the flavors we made had bits of candy cane mixed in. The kids had fun helping me smash the candy canes to bits.
We had an extra bottle of sparkling grape juice left over from Christmas so we thought, what better time to use it up than New Year's Eve?! We gave Samantha her own glass of it. After each drink she took, she said "whoot!"
Every Christmas we usually open what are called Christmas crackers. They are a British thing. They look like big pieces candy, kinda like a toilet paper tube wrapped in paper to look like a piece of candy. You hold each end and pull them apart. With a "pop!", they break open and there is a little trinket, a joke, and a paper crown. The toys are usually kinda "junky", but they are really fun to do!
At a dollar store several months ago, we found a confetti shooter. So, after we made a mess on the floor with the crackers, we decided, what the heck! We let the kids (all 4 of us) shoot confetti all over the living room floor.
Every time we shot the confetti, Samantha said "Happy New Year!"
We had the kids take late naps, and since we did that, we ALL made it until midnight!!! At 12:05 we all got ready and went to bed! ;-) We have so much fun doing various things and snacking a lot of New Year's Eve as a family!
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