Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

Our family had a lot of fun ushering in 2012 and saying good-bye to 2011.  I saw several different ways to countdown the hours until midnight online, but my favorite was to put an activity in each balloon and then pop them to reveal the fun thing for that hour.  I made balloons that would take us from 9am until the boys' special late bedtime at 10pm.  Jackson really wanted to stay up till midnight, but we didn't think he was quite ready for that yet.....maybe next year!

Joshua was so excited to pop the first balloon

Pop!  The first activity was...

painting with shaving cream!  I added drops of food coloring to add to the fun!

  We took a break to go out for lunch and then it was back home for more family fun. 

The 2pm activity was playing games.  Jackson chose Chutes and Ladders.  (The little boys were sleeping.)

At 4pm we were reading books by the fireplace---first time we had it on all season

This was probably the highlight of the night---a sock snowball fight!  It was kids against parents and it was so much fun!! 

So much fun!!  They wanted to grab as many socks as they could and then throw them all at once, saying "AVALANCHE!!"

After watching Cars 2, it was time to put on party hats and celebrate the new year!  They each picked out their own hat at Party City. 

My goofball, handsome hubby!

Sparklers were so much fun!!

Love that face! 

Our littlest! 

Happy New Year, boys!!  Love you to the moon and back!

All of our activities.  It was a very fun day!! 

Happy New Year!  Have a blessed 2012!