Chris really wanted to go the zoo on Jan. 1, just like always. This was a great tradition when the kids were small and went to bed at a normal time on New Year’s Eve, but doesn’t work so well now. Especially as the kids still want to go with him, just not so early. But if you go later in the day, it’s a zoo. 🙂 So he compromised and left a bit later than normal, around 9. But only Sarah was able to wake up in time. Since we have passes, they just stayed for a couple hours and were home in time to have lunch with us. Maybe next time we can talk him into waiting just a little longer and we can all go.
Later we watched the Vienna concert on tv, where professional dancers accompanied the orchestra. It was beautiful, and the kids had fun imitating them.
It is such a popular concert, that the only way to get tickets is to enter a lottery, almost a year in advance, and hope your name gets chosen. We have decided to throw our hat in the ring to celebrate our 20th anniversary. Who knows, we might get lucky!
We also lit the Tischbombe (table bomb) that I had bought for the occasion. There was some fun loot in there, some of which I am still finding around the house…