Happy New Year!

We had an exciting start to the new year at our house. Yes, it was quite wild! We watched a movie, played Scrabble, put the kids to bed by 8 pm and us adults hit the hay before the big ball officially dropped at midnight. What can I say? That's about the extent of living it up you tend to do with two very young children at home. Although, the night wasn't without some celebration... we decided to bring in the new year with a drink of champagne and a family toast. While the adults got to have regular champagne, Bree and Noah got "kid champagne" aka sparkling apple cider.

I don't know, do you think they like it? :) They were both pretty thrilled with their drink and the fact we let them drink it out of official wine glasses and everything.


They had several refills.

Then we taught them some of the traditions of ringing in a new year, like saying a toast to happiness and prosperity in the year to come...

...although, their favorite part of toasting was getting to clink their glasses.
We also told them that people cheer and clap when it's a new year...

Here's Noah going "Yay, new year!"

... and that it's a tradition to give someone a kiss for the new year too.

So, Bree gamely tried to kiss her brother, but Noah wouldn't stop guzzling his "champagne" long enough for her to get to his lips!

By the end, he was even two fisting it! It was about then we decided they'd had enough for one night and put them to bed to sleep it off! :)