New Years Eve Bash
Okay, so we had our second annual New Years Eve bash for our kids. It started two years ago (last year it fell on a Sunday so we didn't do it) when our kids asked us why we got to go to parties during the holidays and they didn't. We thought about it and said, "well, why don't we throw you a New Years Eve party and you can invite your friends over?". So, that year we had a total of eighteen kids in our house (while their parents went out) and we all had a blast.
We had so much fun last time that we decided to do it again. Brian and I are not quite to the superhero status (although we are pretty close), nor do we have the house space that we would like, so we didn't invite ALL their friends like they wanted, but we did invite quite a few and we totalled nineteen kids in our house for three hours.
Luckily, we had Dance Dance Revolution, so for the first hour Brian was able to do tournaments with the kids downstairs. I was just about ready to get the goody table set up, when I was bombarded with hungry kids. Turns out that I never did get the treat table set up, it was pretty much me handing out treats as fast as I could while the kids ran from DDR to the treats as fast as they could (to those whose kids came over, I'm sorry about the sugar high).
After an hour, we turned on Meet the Robinsons and the kids calmed down for a little while to watch a movie. We grabbed our new game of Sorry, and set it up in the living room for those who got a little bored of the movie. It turned out great, the stragglers came up with Bri and I and we directed a fun little game and enjoyed ourselves immensely! We laughed at little Ethan Turpin because he definitely kept the game animated, especially when he drew an eleven (his favorite, so he says).
The game and the movie ended simultaneously (I'm not sure how that worked out) and we loaded the kids up with hats, pots and pans, shoes and socks, coats, and of course noise makers (I know, you parents were happy about that one). We then ran down to our backyard and woke up all the neighbors.
We had so much fun last time that we decided to do it again. Brian and I are not quite to the superhero status (although we are pretty close), nor do we have the house space that we would like, so we didn't invite ALL their friends like they wanted, but we did invite quite a few and we totalled nineteen kids in our house for three hours.
Luckily, we had Dance Dance Revolution, so for the first hour Brian was able to do tournaments with the kids downstairs. I was just about ready to get the goody table set up, when I was bombarded with hungry kids. Turns out that I never did get the treat table set up, it was pretty much me handing out treats as fast as I could while the kids ran from DDR to the treats as fast as they could (to those whose kids came over, I'm sorry about the sugar high).
After an hour, we turned on Meet the Robinsons and the kids calmed down for a little while to watch a movie. We grabbed our new game of Sorry, and set it up in the living room for those who got a little bored of the movie. It turned out great, the stragglers came up with Bri and I and we directed a fun little game and enjoyed ourselves immensely! We laughed at little Ethan Turpin because he definitely kept the game animated, especially when he drew an eleven (his favorite, so he says).
The game and the movie ended simultaneously (I'm not sure how that worked out) and we loaded the kids up with hats, pots and pans, shoes and socks, coats, and of course noise makers (I know, you parents were happy about that one). We then ran down to our backyard and woke up all the neighbors.
So, it was successful and we can't wait until next year!
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Sounds like a ton of fun though.