Our festivities began mid afternoon with special activities every hour. I blew up several balloons and stuffed each balloon with a piece of paper describing the activity we would do that hour. Then I labeled each balloon with a specific time to "pop" it (3:00, 4:00, 5:00, etc). The activities were simple things, like make hot cocoa, play balloon volleyball, and turn on some music and show everyone your best dance moves. The kids loved popping the balloons each hour to see what we would do next.
Knowing that nobody would make it until midnight, I only came up with enough balloon activities to make it until 8:00. When we popped the last balloon, the activity was fireworks. We had a few small fireworks left from celebrations this summer, but nothing too exciting. I think Adam was less than impressed and asked if we had any that shot into the air and exploded. Tyler loved the fireworks, though, and Sadie was just happy to be having a party.
After fireworks, we headed inside and turned on the tv. Sadie fell asleep on the couch at 8:40, and Tyler wasn't far behind. Adam probably would have stayed up awhile longer, but we were tired, so we tucked him in bed at 9:00. After watching the Times Square ball drop at 10:00 local time, we turned off the tv and talked until we both fell asleep around 11:00. Quite the party at our house, huh? Trust me, you would go to bed early too if my three energetic kids lived at your house. :)
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