Happy NYE!

We are going to celebrate NYE

(New Year's Eve)

as a family of 5 this evening.

Well, we are going to start at 1:00 so that we can

end a few hours before midnight

since the kids won't do that well staying up till 12:00.

Actually, they would probably do better than Pancho and I!

I found several ideas on pinterest of fun things to

do with your kids and Pancho and I decided to

implement some of them, hoping they will

become long-standing NYE traditions around here.

We have a colored lunch bag for every hour from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

Inside each lunch sack we have included an activity.

Here are our 2011 end-of-the-year festivities:

1:00 Decorate the entryway between the dining room and living room with streamers and balloons

2:00 Play with your toys in "snow" (we will make the snow!)

3:00 Let's play BINGO

4:00 Let's play with marshmallow shooters

5:00 You are invited to dinner with Papa and Mama at Noodles and Co.

6:00 NYE interview (at Noodles)

7:00 Put on your pajamas and we are going to watch a DVD with popcorn

8:00 Intermission snack (Kit Kats -- their favorite snack)

9:00 Dance party and LEGO fun

10:00 Glow bracelets for bedtime and tomorrow morning we

will welcome in the new year with a special 2012 breakfast!

I hope to take pictures throughout the festivities, but alas, with

three kids and all the fun we will be having, I am not

holding my breath on that one!

Happy NYE to you and yours!

See you next year!