Games all night, snack foods. We all decide on dinner together (this year was toasted subs and bagel pizza) and a sweet treat (ice cream). Last year we started taking the kids to The Popcorn Wagon to pick out a treat... we bought it but forgot to get it out this year, oops!
2010, was brought in with Fishing, Clue Jr., Guess Who, Sorry Sliders, and Super Mario Bros for Wii! We lucked out earlier in the day scoring 2 more Wii-motes so all 4 of us got to play at once. Wow I can not believe Lucy slept through that noise- so much laughing and loudness!
At midnight we had our "fancy drink" then back to finishing out level on Wii. That took us over an hour!
Another new add-on started this year. The boys camped out in our bedroom. This was pretty exciting for them because Linus sleeps in our room and they are always trying to get him to sleep in their room so finally they got to sleep with him.
Everyone's favorite part of the day was just spending it together. Hopefully next year Lucy will be old enough to stay up with us. I told the boys how much I hoped that family and this time would always be important to them. Right now they can't fathom the idea of wanting to go to their friends house more then hang out with us... but I know one day it could happen. This is what I will be sad for, I am excited to see them grow but hope that we are teaching them not to grow so far away from us.
I don't really have close family so I hope I am breaking that. I want Brad and I to be the start for a great, happy, close-knit family. I believe that nights like last are a big part of the glue that will always keep us together.
