Last year we were invited to a super fun New Year's Eve party, complete with fancy food, great company and games for the kids. I also crashed the car on the way there. :( This year we were happy to stay home in a boring, but safe, way and celebrate as just a family. I had bought a bunch of snacky food that we normally never eat; chips, pretzels, Ritz crackers, etc. I also made a couple of dips, and a veggie tray. We ate that for dinner, which the kids enjoyed and then let them watch a movie.
The kids were a bit disappointed that they couldn't stay up until midnight, but we had learned another lesson from last year. It doesn't matter how late our kids go to bed, they will.not.sleep.in! So, we broke open the bubbly at 9, wished them all Happy New Year and sent them to bed. :) They asked to be woken up for the fireworks at midnight, and I dutifully tried to rouse them, but they sleep like logs and even though I shook them a bit, they still didn't wake up. They were a bit ticked at me the next morning, since they missed all the fun but after hearing all the things I had tried, short of dousing them with cold water to wake them up, they forgave me. They did ask again, how old they would have to be before they could stay up all the way. Chris said 18, which was followed by loud howls of protest. I shook my head at his complete break with reality and told them that when they were 12, they could stay up until 12. That calmed them back down again.
We watched the new Star Trek film, for the second time. We saw it back in the summer, but I wanted to watch it again. It was so good! So Chris obliged. Such a fun movie, I can't wait for the next one to come out. We went to bed soon after it was over. A very quiet New Year's, that is for sure, but still enjoyable.