Last year we had such a great New Year's Eve at the village hall - it was always going to be hard to match that! This year we decided to invite a few of our neighbors round and just see how it goes. We tried to do a good job of cleaning our house and getting some provisions, but otherwise we had pretty low expectations.
We knew that the Coldbreaths would come, and in the end there were 24 of us here - half that number were kids. So the DFs, Coldbreaths, Bakers, Painters, and M-Ross's were all here. We did some dancing and some karaoke and had a great laugh! The kids were wild, but nobody got hurt and only Tryfan ended up in tears... I found him behind the curtains in the living room curled up in a ball of tears because Rhodri had asked all the kids to stop whirling around their glowsticks before someone got hurt. We know T well enough now to recognize that when he gets really tired and then something upsets him, there is no coming down gracefully.. he just has to get into bed and start again the next day! Anyway, midnight came around too fast and we were sad to have it come to an end.
Oscar Wii (that is our name for him rather than his real name, to differentiate this Oscar from our other friend Oscar, because this Oscar has his own Wii...) took a photo of all 20+ of us, but apparently it was blurry so got deleted. Bummer! If the photo had turned out, you would have seen a herd of merry-looking party-goers posing in the middle of the living room with kids wearing loads of glowstick necklaces and Catherine and me jumping on the couch in the background. Good times!
Today has dawned a very dark and rainy - often called "miserable" day. Absolutely perfect for sleeping in until 11-something and then watching movies on telly while eating leftover party food! We watched Uncle Buck and then took a break to tidy the house before snuggling down to watch Greystoke: the Legend of Tarzan (1984 version). I'd never seen this movie but it was very interesting to watch it as a family. They never did explain how Tarzan got his name, as he is only called "Johnny" during the course of this movie! Anyway, Happy New Year everyone!
We knew that the Coldbreaths would come, and in the end there were 24 of us here - half that number were kids. So the DFs, Coldbreaths, Bakers, Painters, and M-Ross's were all here. We did some dancing and some karaoke and had a great laugh! The kids were wild, but nobody got hurt and only Tryfan ended up in tears... I found him behind the curtains in the living room curled up in a ball of tears because Rhodri had asked all the kids to stop whirling around their glowsticks before someone got hurt. We know T well enough now to recognize that when he gets really tired and then something upsets him, there is no coming down gracefully.. he just has to get into bed and start again the next day! Anyway, midnight came around too fast and we were sad to have it come to an end.
Oscar Wii (that is our name for him rather than his real name, to differentiate this Oscar from our other friend Oscar, because this Oscar has his own Wii...) took a photo of all 20+ of us, but apparently it was blurry so got deleted. Bummer! If the photo had turned out, you would have seen a herd of merry-looking party-goers posing in the middle of the living room with kids wearing loads of glowstick necklaces and Catherine and me jumping on the couch in the background. Good times!
Today has dawned a very dark and rainy - often called "miserable" day. Absolutely perfect for sleeping in until 11-something and then watching movies on telly while eating leftover party food! We watched Uncle Buck and then took a break to tidy the house before snuggling down to watch Greystoke: the Legend of Tarzan (1984 version). I'd never seen this movie but it was very interesting to watch it as a family. They never did explain how Tarzan got his name, as he is only called "Johnny" during the course of this movie! Anyway, Happy New Year everyone!
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