Happy New Year! I hope 2017 is treating you well so far. We rang in the New Year with some great friends and 4 out of the 6 kids above actually made to midnight. Makayla snuggled up with her Uncle Nephthali on the couch and was out in minutes and Grant decided the movie I put on at 10:00 wasn't that interesting. We had a really fun New Year's Eve and I can't think of a better way to spend it!
Pierre had an errand in Nashville on NYE so I let the girls pick a place to eat before the movie and they picked CiCi's Pizza. Maybe not my first pick but they were happy! My mom decided to go with us.
Pierre had an errand in Nashville on NYE so I let the girls pick a place to eat before the movie and they picked CiCi's Pizza. Maybe not my first pick but they were happy! My mom decided to go with us.
After pizza we picked up a few supplies for our party later on and met up with the Spears boys at the movies. All the kids were so excited to see Sing!
The movie was great and all the kids enjoyed it. Next up: Starbucks for me(to help me through the night..lol) and back to my house for some Minute to Win It Games.
The first game was probably the most fun. Bella and Makayla wore shower caps with shaving cream on top. I divided the kids into two teams and then each team had one minute to throw as many cheese curls that they could on their teammates head. The kids laughed the whole time so it was worth all the cheese curls on my floor:)
The first game was probably the most fun. Bella and Makayla wore shower caps with shaving cream on top. I divided the kids into two teams and then each team had one minute to throw as many cheese curls that they could on their teammates head. The kids laughed the whole time so it was worth all the cheese curls on my floor:)
The second games had the kids using straws to move marshmallows from one bowl to another as quickly as they could. This games was fun too but we didn't have winners just fun!
The next game was glow in the dark ring toss. This was hard to get a picture of but it was just ring toss with glow rings! The ring toss was one at a time so my mom had the kids playing with balloons in the kitchen when it wasn't their turn. I'm very lucky she was here to help with the games!!
The last game we all played involved putting vaseline on your nose and moving cotton balls from one bowl to another. I wasn't sure that all the kids would want to play this game but all but one did!
After games the kids played while I got some snacks ready. Mom left and Pierre and Nephthali got back around this time.
I just made some cheese quesidillas and cut up some fruit and vegetables. I also had some marshmallows, cheez its and black olives. Oddly enough, the olives were a hot commodity and gone fairly quickly.
I just made some cheese quesidillas and cut up some fruit and vegetables. I also had some marshmallows, cheez its and black olives. Oddly enough, the olives were a hot commodity and gone fairly quickly.
It was 10:00 by this time so I got a "cheers" ready for the kids. Their choice was Sprite or Shirley Temple.
We did a countdown to the New Year and they made a lot of noise!
After our countdown I put on a movie and the kids got ready for bed. It was such a fun night and I hope that the kids had as much fun as I did.
The next morning Owen was not taking no for an answer; Owen wanted ihop and nothing was going to stop him. So to Ihop we all went. We also met Michael and Amber there. They did a great job considering most of them had been up so late. They were all up before 8:00 a.m. by the way. :)
The next morning Owen was not taking no for an answer; Owen wanted ihop and nothing was going to stop him. So to Ihop we all went. We also met Michael and Amber there. They did a great job considering most of them had been up so late. They were all up before 8:00 a.m. by the way. :)
Happy New Year!
RSS Feed
